Accessing the Full Text of "The Efficacy of Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections: Transforaminal, Interlaminar, and Caudal Approaches"
The full text of this article is not freely available through PubMed Central or open access repositories. The article by Rho and Tang (2011) would need to be accessed through a subscription to the journal "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America" or purchased individually.
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Relevance of This Article
This article would be valuable for understanding different approaches to lumbar epidural steroid injections, which are an important intervention discussed in multiple clinical guidelines:
- Epidural steroid injections may be used as part of multimodal treatment for radicular pain or radiculopathy 5
- Guidelines recommend appropriate image guidance for transforaminal epidural injections to confirm correct needle position 5
- The British Pain Society acknowledges epidural injections as part of the care pathway for selected patients with low back and radicular pain 5
Alternative Resources
If you cannot access this specific article, consider reviewing these freely available guideline resources that cover similar content:
- The American Society of Anesthesiologists practice guidelines for chronic pain management provide recommendations on epidural steroid injections 5
- The British Pain Society's pathway for low back and radicular pain includes information on injection therapies 5
- Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine include sections on injection therapies 5
While these alternative resources provide evidence-based recommendations on epidural steroid injections, the specific comparative information on transforaminal, interlaminar, and caudal approaches that would be in the requested article may not be as comprehensively covered.