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Review
. 2015 Feb;24(157):49.

Sciatica and epidural corticosteroid injections

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  • PMID: 25802923
Review

Sciatica and epidural corticosteroid injections

No authors listed. Prescrire Int. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

According to trials conducted in hundreds of patients with sciatica, epidural corticosteroid injections have no demonstrated efficacy beyond the placebo effect, either in the short-term or the long-term. However, they expose patients to a risk of sometimes serious neurological adverse effects.

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