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Epidural Steroid Injection for Unilateral Radicular Pain: Is the Transforaminal Approach Superior to Interlaminar Injection?

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A 35 -year-old male patient with new onset left buttock pain radiating to the left lower extremity comes for evaluation and treatment. The pain started 4 weeks ago when the patient was walking his dog and slipped on ice. His pain was not severe at first; he was able to get up and walk home with only mild soreness in the left lower back.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, New York, 10016, USA

    Lucia Daiana Voiculescu & Angela Zangara

  2. Attending Physician, Advanced Pain Management, 4131 West Loomis Road #300 Greenfield, Madison, Wisconsin, 53221, USA

    Tomas J. Kucera

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  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Voiculescu, L.D., Kucera, T.J., Zangara, A. (2017). Epidural Steroid Injection for Unilateral Radicular Pain: Is the Transforaminal Approach Superior to Interlaminar Injection?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_102

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