Hi, just wanted to ask your opinion and experience on how soon after spine surgery you would consider doing an ESI? I have had some requests for ESI from surgeons ranging from 2 days to 2 weeks post-op due to severe radicular pain (no red flags otherwise) after surgery. The requests have been very few and far between, and are coming from conservative well-established spine surgeons I have worked with, thanks.
ESI how soon after surgery?
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Got call to do TFESI day of surgery for purple nerve root. Did it the next day. Why did they not just drop on depo while they were open?
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a lot of surgeons love dropping in some morphine, steroids, and local. gets them out of the hospital, and feeling so good for a few weeks. then reality sets in.....
Good question, though in the past I have heard of some surgeons laying down some steroid on the nerve root before they close up.
Regarding injection soon or right after surgery, I guess I am concerned about risk of infection due to re-entering a recent surgical site and injecting steroid in there. Anybody else able to share their thoughts / experiences?
