2024
FACTFINDERS FOR PATIENT SAFETY: Minimizing risks with cervical epidural injections
Holder E, Lee H, Raghunandan A, Marshall B, Michalik A, Nguyen M, Saffarian M, Schneider B, Smith C, Tiegs-Heiden C, Zheng P, Patel J, Levi D, Committee I. FACTFINDERS FOR PATIENT SAFETY: Minimizing risks with cervical epidural injections. Interventional Pain Medicine 2024, 3: 100430. PMID: 39502902, PMCID: PMC11536293, DOI: 10.1016/j.inpm.2024.100430.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpidural steroid injectionsCervical transforaminal epidural steroid injectionsTransforaminal epidural steroid injectionCervical epidural injectionsSpinal cord injurySteroid injectionContralateral obliqueDural punctureEpidural hematomaCervical interlaminar epidural steroid injectionCord injuryEpidural injectionEpidural spaceCatastrophic neurologic injuryLoss of resistanceInterlaminar epidural steroid injectionsComplication of dural punctureComplication of spinal cord injuryNeedle placementCase reports of patientsReview of cross-sectional imagingSevere systemic complicationsInadvertent dural puncturePatient safetyReports of patients
2022
Changes in the Utilization of Lumbosacral Epidural Injections Between 2010 and 2019
Ratnasamy PP, Gouzoulis MJ, Kammien AJ, Holder EK, Grauer JN. Changes in the Utilization of Lumbosacral Epidural Injections Between 2010 and 2019. Spine 2022, 47: 1669-1674. PMID: 36281568, PMCID: PMC9643603, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElixhauser Comorbidity IndexEpidural injectionTransforaminal injectionsSpinal epidural injectionDescriptive epidemiologic studyLumbosacral epidural injectionNumber of injectionsCurrent Procedural Terminology codingCaudal injectionComorbidity indexPatient agePatient characteristicsPearlDiver databaseLumbar pathologyTerms of specialtyInsurance authorizationPractice patternsService utilizationAverage patientEpidemiologic studiesMedicaid coveragePatientsTransforaminalMedicare coverageUtilization trends