Do Preoperative Epidural Steroid Injections Increase the Risk of Infection After Lumbar Spine Surgery?
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DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000003759
Abstract: STUDY DESIGN Retrospective Study OBJECTIVE.: To elucidate an association between preoperative lumbar epidural corticosteroid injections (ESI) and infection after lumbar spine surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA ESI may provide diagnostic and therapeutic benefit; however, concern… read more here.
Keywords: preoperative esi; fusion; infection; esi ... See more keywords