Safeguards to prevent neurologic complications after epidural steroid injections: consensus opinions from a multidisciplinary working group and national organizations.

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Epidural corticosteroid injections are a common treatment for radicular pain caused by intervertebral disc herniations, spinal stenosis, and other disorders. Although rare, catastrophic neurologic injuries, including stroke and spinal cord injury, have occurred with these injections.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Anesthesiology

Title: Anesthesiology

ISSN (Electronic): 1528-1175

ISSN (Print): 0003-3022

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 122

Issue: 5

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[1 ] From the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (J.P.R., N.S.R.); Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (H.T.B.); EvergreenHealth, Kirkland, Washington (P.D., R.B.); Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.H.); University of California San Diego, San Diego, California (M.W.); Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (K.D.R.); Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio (R.W.R.); Interventional Spine Specialists, Kenner, Louisiana (C.A.); Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois (A.B.); Ahwatukee Sports and Spine, Phoenix, Arizona (D.S.K.); University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia (N.B.); University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (D.R.F.); Southside Pain Solutions, Danville, Virginia (E.F.); APM Spine and Sports Physicians, Virginia Beach, Virginia (S.H.); Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida (J. Stone); Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington (K.V.); Neuroimaging and Interventional Spine Services, LLC, Ridgefield, Connecticut (G.L.); NewSouth NeuroSpine, Flowood, Mississippi (J. Summers); Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut (D.K.); University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina (D.O.); and Medical College of Wisconsin/Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (S.T.).

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DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000614

PubMed ID: 25668411

SO-VID: 72bd51dd-8f1c-4351-9de5-579a0b4fb1e8

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