Medicare may cover epidural steroid injections for pain management when the pain is severe, caused by specific conditions, and lasts over 4 weeks despite other treatment.

China to make hospitals offer epidurals, hoping to boost birth rate China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024.

Spinal Epidural Hematoma: MRI of the Thoracic Spine; (Left) T1-weighted; (Right) T2-weighted. Note the large extradural lesion which compresses the thecal sac from L2 through S1. It is isointense on ...

There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies.

Key points Although rare, spontaneous epidural hematomas can be devastating and should be considered in patients suspectable to coagulopathy presenting with acute, atraumatic neurologic deficits.

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds.

Epidural steroid injections for chronic back pain Date: February 14, 2025 Source: American Academy of Neurology Summary: Scientists have developed a new systematic review to summarize for ...

A dramatic, threefold reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according ...

A dramatic, threefold reduction in repeat operations in patients surgically treated for chronic subdural hematoma was achieved when the artery supplying the brain covering was blocked, according ...

Poorly controlled blood pressure among key risk factors in rare but potentially lethal neck hematomas occurring after thyroidectomy.

Three new randomized trials, EMBOLISE, MAGIC-MT, and STEM, showed convincing benefits for use of an endovascular embolization procedure in patients with a subdural hematoma.

‘Dancing with the Stars’ judge Derek Hough announced Thursday that his wife Hayley Erbert was hospitalized with a cranial hematoma and underwent an emergency craniectomy. Here’s what to know ...