P44. Epidural steroid injections show little relationship with improved clinical outcomes in both operative and nonoperative management of degenerative spondylolisthesis

Although epidural steroid injection (ESI) has been shown to provide adequate pain relief for degenerative spondylolisthesis patients in treatment regimens up to months, it remains unclear whether the use of ESI affects the rate of crossover from nonoperative to operative management.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Michael C. Gerling, Cole Bortz, Haddy Alas, Avery Brown, Katherine E. Pierce, Aaron J. Buckland, Charla R. Fischer, Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, Jon D. Lurie, Wenyan Zhao, Peter G. Passias Source Type: research