Authors' Response to Letter to the Editor of Van Boxem et al Titled "Systematic Review on Epidural Steroid Injections: Quo Vadis?"

Thomas M de Bruijn^{1

2}, Ingrid B de Groot², Harald S Miedema^{2

3}, Johan Haumann⁴, Raymond W J G Ostelo^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
² National Health Care Institute, Diemen.
³ Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain, OLVG.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam UMC (Location VUmc) and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam.

Thomas M de Bruijn et al. Clin J Pain. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 7;38(4):308-309.

doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001025.

Thomas M de Bruijn^{1

2}, Ingrid B de Groot², Harald S Miedema^{2

3}, Johan Haumann⁴, Raymond W J G Ostelo^{1

5}

¹ Department Health Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
² National Health Care Institute, Diemen.
³ Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Chronic Pain, OLVG.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Amsterdam UMC (Location VUmc) and Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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