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Perhaps there is no source of confusion, contention, obfuscation, and general misunderstandings primarily among patients but also doctors as there is in regard to epidural steroid injections. This chapter is devoted to trying to dispel some of the more common myths.
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Cooper, G. (2015). Epidural Steroid Injections: Dispelling Common Myths. In: Non-Operative Treatment of the Lumbar Spine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21443-6_14
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