Comparison of retrolaminar paravertebral infiltration of a non steroid mixture with conventional epidural steroid infiltration in patients suffering from chronic radicular Pain a retrospective study

Abstract

Introduction:Chronic radicular pain is often treated by epidural steroid infiltration (ESI). In 2014, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter warning that ESI may result in rare but serious adverse events, including “loss of vision, stroke, paralysis, and death”. In this retrospective study, we compare retrolaminar paravertebral infiltration (PVI) of a non-steroid-mixture with ESI.