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Ideal Cervical Epidural Injection Route: Interlaminar or Transforaminal

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Cervical epidural steroid injections are commonly used to treat cervical radicular pain, but not without some controversy. Opinions differ about the relative safety and effectiveness of the two available routes, interlaminar verses transforaminal. The purpose of this review article is to compare the risks and risk reduction profiles associated with both cervical epidural routes, and to make practical recommendations based on the current literature.

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Huynh, L., Smuck, M. Ideal Cervical Epidural Injection Route: Interlaminar or Transforaminal. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep 3, 142–150 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40141-015-0084-3

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