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12 - Comparison of the effectiveness of interlaminar and bilateral transforaminal epidural steroid injections in treatment of patients with lumbosacral disc herniation and spinal stenosis

• Clin J Pain. 2009 Mar-Apr;25(3):206-10

Looked at patients with axial low back pain only (no radiculopathy)

In patients with spinal stenosis (SS), the bilateral transforaminal ESI produced better results than the interlaminar approach.

Authors believe this was because there is more scaring with SS, and this limits the amount of injectate to the ventral epidural space.

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