Epidural steroid injections provide minimal, if any, benefit in low back pain with sciatica
Question
For patients with sciatica, do epidural corticosteroid injections safely reduce pain and disability?
Conclusion
Epidural corticosteroid injections provide a small and probably clinically insignificant reduction in leg and back pain in the immediate term (< 2 weeks), and a small to moderate reduction in disability in the short to intermediate term. Adverse events and safety were not well reported.