Risk of serious spinal adverse events associated with epidural corticosteroid injections in the Medicare population.

Efe EworukeLeah CrisafiJiemin LiaoSandia AkhtarMartha Van CliefJudith A RacoosinMichael WerneckeThomas E MaCurdyJeffrey A KelmanDavid J Graham

Published in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2020)

Between 2009 and 2015, rates of SSAEs following ESI in the Medicare population were low. Patients receiving cervical/thoracic ESIs were at higher risk of SSAE than those receiving lumbar/sacral ESIs. Event rates were similar for each corticosteroid formulation.

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spinal cord
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minimally invasive
drug delivery
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ultrasound guided
affordable care act