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Is there a difference between transforminal esi or transforminal snrb esi? what's the difference? how many snrb can a person have?
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Transforaminal inj.: The needle is placed into the foramen for epidural steroid injection (ESI) for both, and steroids are injected. If a block, SNRB is performed, then an anesthetic is injected too. Some physicians also inject an anesthetic for the transforaminal ESI. So depending on what is injected, there may not be a difference. If steroids are injected, up to 3 injections in a year are recommended; some say 6.
Answered 9/16/2014
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