Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection

Foraminal and facet block is a minimal invasive day care procedure to treat lumbar radiculopathy. A cocktail of steroid and local anaesthetic can provide long standing relief to sciatica.

This outpatient procedure is an injection of a steroid-anesthetic medication. The medication can reduce swelling and inflammation of irritated spinal nerves. This procedure is performed to relieve pain in the lower back and pain that radiates from the back to the legs. The injection takes only a few minutes to complete.