{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Risks and Efficacy of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections - Vol. 32, No. 4

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Define the vascular anatomy of the neuroforamina.
  2. Identify the relative risk of particulate versus nonparticulate steroids.
  3. List the recommendations from the Multi-Society Pain Work Group on the performance of epidural steroid injections.
  4. Identify the controversies surrounding the efficacy of lumbar epidural steroid injections.

Disclosures

The authors and all staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they and their spouses/life partners (if any) have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: TPM1116
Published: November 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Topics in Pain Management
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Clifford Gevirtz, MD, MPH, and Elizabeth A. M. Frost, MD
Categories: Pain Management
Specialties: Pain Management
Topics: Epidural Injection , Steroids