Corticosteroids for radicular pain: Systemic or epidural?

Interv Pain Med

Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Lanaken, Belgium.

Published: December 2023

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