Lumbar total disc replacement patients tended to have more facet injections following surgery compared to those having anterolateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the ...

Noridian Administrative Services has reversed its non-coverage of lumbar facet blocks and will now cover the costs for the injections starting Nov. 9, according to the coverage policy released by NAS.

Twelve specialty societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and others whose members include pain physicians, have joined together to maintain coverage for facet joint injection ...

As an example, they report that between 1994 and 2001 in the US, lumbar epidural steroid injections increased by 271%, and the use of facet injections in which local anesthetics are injected along the ...

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There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds. Epidural ...

(Reuters Health) - Spinal epidural injections of steroids may relieve low back pain from a ruptured disc, but only briefly, a new study shows. And the injections offer no significant relief for pain ...

Epidural anesthetic or steroid injections, nerve blocks, and related interventions are commonly used to treat chronic back pain. This review found no solid evidence showing that these interventions ...

Stem cell injections are a minimally invasive therapy and may offer long-term pain management for back pain. All cells have a particular function within the human body. They provide structure, take in ...