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title: Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
description: "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."
date_modified: "2021-08-25T11:50:14-04:00"
---

 

#####  Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection 

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.

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