Lumbar epidural steroid injections, or lesi, are a common treatment for lower back and leg pain caused by irritated or inflamed spinal nerves A lumbar epidural steroid injection (lesi) is an injection of corticosteroids (similar to cortisone) into the space just outside the covering (the dura) of the spinal cord in your lower back. During the procedure, a small amount of steroid medication is injected into the space around the nerves in your lower back.
A lumbar epidural steroid injection (lesi) is a safe, minimally invasive procedure that delivers targeted medication to relieve pain and inflammation in the lower back and legs. Chronic pain management is simplified at interventional pain spine and orthopedics with effective lesi treatments A lumbar epidural steroid injection (lesi) is an image guided, minimally invasive method of targeted drug therapy which is performed to relieve low back and radiating leg pain.
This type of injection delivers a combination of corticosteroids and a local anesthetic into the epidural space, which is the area surrounding the spinal cord and nerve roots.