Outcome Measurements for Pain Relief in Elderly Patients with Spinal Stenosis Undergoing Epidural Steroid Injection: Is Conservative Approach an Option?
CONCLUSION: Epidural steroid injections are an effective nonsurgical option for pain relief and improvement of physical function in elderly patients. The NRS, ODI, and ILBPDI are reliable and valid scales that can be used to evaluate the outcomes of ESIs in a selected group of elderly patients.
PMID: 32530487 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Turkish Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tasdogan AM, Tarikci Kilic E Tags: Turk Neurosurg Source Type: research
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