Is high volume lumbar erector spinae plane block an alternative to transforaminal epidural injection? Evaluation with MRI

Correspondence to Dr Ali Ahiskalioglu, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey; aliahiskalioglu@hotmail.com To the editor, Lumbar epidural steroid injections are one of the most commonly performed pain management procedures. [...]high volume lumbar ESPB...

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Published in:	Regional anesthesia and pain medicine Vol. 44; no. 9; pp. 906 - 907
Main Authors:	Celik, Mine, Tulgar, Serkan, Ahiskalioglu, Ali, Alper, Fatih
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-09-2019 Copyright by American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Back pain Back surgery Chronic pain chronic pain: imaging Epidural interventional pain management Pain management PostScript Radiation Regional anesthesia Systematic review Ultrasonic imaging ultrasound in pain medicine chronic pain: imaging interventional pain management ultrasound in pain medicine
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Summary:	Correspondence to Dr Ali Ahiskalioglu, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ataturk University School of Medicine, Erzurum, Turkey; aliahiskalioglu@hotmail.com To the editor, Lumbar epidural steroid injections are one of the most commonly performed pain management procedures. [...]high volume lumbar ESPB can be used in select cases as a less invasive procedure with an effect similar to other interventional pain procedures. Comparison of clinical efficacy of transforaminal and caudal epidural steroid injection in lumbar and lumbosacral disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Bibliography:	Letter to the editor ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	1098-7339 1532-8651
DOI:	10.1136/rapm-2019-100514