A study of data from the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial conducted to determine whether or not epidural steroid injections would help patients with spinal stenosis found that ESIs were connected to significantly less improvement for patients after a four year period of treatment, according to the article in Spine.
SPORT included 69 patients being treated with ESI and 207 patients without ESI treatment. The study not only found that ESI patients had less improvement, but that ESI was also linked to longer surgery times and longer hospital stays.
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SPORT included 69 patients being treated with ESI and 207 patients without ESI treatment. The study not only found that ESI patients had less improvement, but that ESI was also linked to longer surgery times and longer hospital stays.
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