Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
Many people find relief from neck pain through various non-surgical treatments. Among these conservative neck care treatments are neck epidural corticosteroids injections. These steroid injections can provide temporary relief in situations of chronic neck pain and in cervical radiculopathy where inflammation is causing compression the cervical nerves and pain and numbness into the arms, hands and fingers. However, long-term results can be less successful. An October 2021 study (1) investigated the effect of preoperative epidural steroid injection on future outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for cervical degenerative disease. In this large study: 97,117 patients underwent cervical degenerative surgery, of which