Epidural steroid injections in lumbar disc herniation- Evidence synthesis from 72 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and a total of 7701 patients.

Brain Spine · 2025 · PMC11979942 · PMID 40206594

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However, younger patients, women, patients with shorter duration of symptoms, low physical job demand, without leg pain, and sport-active, included in CESI-group showed a trend toward better results, but none reached statistical significance ( Cervera-Irimia and Tomé-Bermejo ). 3.3.4.

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