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How effective are epidural injections for the lower back, thoracic, and cervical spine?
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Hmm: Efficacy varies with target symptom and target diagnosi i used epidurals to diagnose and treat radicular pain not acxial pain not very effective for diffuse acxial pain epidural are usually done with target radicular pain ie arm leg pain
Answered 10/20/2018
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