Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

Breaches of infection control protocol may have contributed to three patients who were infected with MRSA after receiving epidural shots at a West Virginia outpatient pain clinic, according to a study ...

BACKGROUND: Epidural analgesia is associated with an increased rate of fever in prospective randomized trials. While the evidence suggests that epidural fever is not infectious, epidural analgesia has ...

Epidural anesthesia is a mode of anesthesia that numbs the body below the level of the umbilicus. The primary goals of epidurals are to eliminate pain and sensation to the areas in question. Local ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite the long-held belief that epidurals prolong labor, new research demonstrates that epidurals have no ...