Cite this: Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection is Ineffective for Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy - Medscape - Oct 01, 2011.

Learn here about epidural steroid injections — a nonsurgical pain relief procedure, including how doctors perform them and what to expect from the procedure.

An epidural steroid injection is an injection of steroid, basically an anti-inflammatory agent into the epidural space. <p>This is something that you may be familiar with, as in a labor epidural ...

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.