Pain in the News: “Common Back and Leg Pain Treatment May Not Help Much, Study Says”

Pain in the News: “Common Back and Leg Pain Treatment May Not Help Much, Study Says”

31 August 2014

Spotted in The New York Times: July 2, 2014

“A widely used method of treating a common cause of back and leg pain — steroid injections for spinal stenosis — may provide little benefit for many patients, according to a new study that experts said should make doctors and patients think twice about the treatment”….. read more

THE RESEARCH  A Randomized Trial of Epidural Glucocorticoid Injections for Spinal Stenosis  N Engl J Med 2014; 371:11-21

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