"Injections, Epidural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The injection of drugs, most often analgesics, into the spinal canal without puncturing the dura mater.
| Descriptor ID |
D007268
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.267.530.580.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Injections, Epidural- Injections, Epidural
- Extradural Injections
- Peridural Injections
- Injections, Peridural
- Injection, Peridural
- Peridural Injection
- Injections, Extradural
- Extradural Injection
- Injection, Extradural
- Epidural Injections
- Epidural Injection
- Injection, Epidural
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Injections, Epidural" by people in Profiles.
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Lee Y, Issa TZ, Kanhere AP, Lambrechts MJ, Ciesielka KA, Kim J, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD, Vaccaro AR, Canseco JA. Preoperative epidural steroid injections do not increase the risk of postoperative infection in patients undergoing lumbar decompression or fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Spine J. 2022 Dec; 31(12):3251-3261.
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Sinha A, Conliffe T, Mehnert M. Letter to the Editor - "Do Preoperative Epidural Steroid Injections Increase the Risk of Infection After Lumbar Surgery?" Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2021 06 15; 46(12):E701-E702.
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Raju R, Mehnert M, Stolzenberg D, Simon J, Conliffe T, Gehret J. Differential rates of intravascular uptake and pain perception during lumbosacral epidural injection among adults using a 22-gauge needle versus 25-gauge needle: a randomized clinical trial. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 09 03; 20(1):222.
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Petrin Z, Marino RJ, Oleson CV, Simon JI, McCormick ZL. Paralysis After Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection in the Absence of Hematoma: A Case of Congestive Myelopathy Due to Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula and a Review of the Literature. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 09; 99(9):e107-e110.
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Kamath D, McIntyre S, Byerly S, Agarwal N, Kamath P, Peskin E, Gupta R, Roy S, Schwartz R, Kaye AD, Viswanath O, Urits I, Horn DB. Descriptive Analysis of Federal and State Interventional Pain Malpractice Litigation in the United States: A Pilot Investigation. Pain Physician. 2020 07; 23(4):413-422.
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Stolzenberg DS, Young GW, Mehnert MJ. Practice Pearl: Overcoming Inadequate C-Arm Obliquity for Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injections. Pain Med. 2019 06 01; 20(6):1253-1255.
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Stolzenberg D, Ahn JJ, Kurd M. Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: Procedural Technique. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 08; 31(7):297-299.
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Carreon LY, Ong KL, Lau E, Kurtz SM, Glassman SD. Risk of Osteoporotic Fracture After Steroid Injections in Patients With Medicare. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2017 Sep/Oct; 46(5):E293-E300.
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Makkar JK, Singh PM, Jain D, Goudra B. Particulate vs Non-Particulate Steroids for Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Current Literature. Pain Physician. 2016 07; 19(6):327-40.
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Carr CM, Plastaras CT, Pingree MJ, Smuck M, Maus TP, Geske JR, El-Yahchouchi CA, McCormick ZL, Kennedy DJ. Immediate Adverse Events in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multi-Institutional Study. Pain Med. 2016 12; 17(12):2155-2161.