Lumbar Epidural Spinal Injection (LESI)

What is LESI?
A lumbar epidural steroid injection (LESI) is a common procedure performed at the pain clinic. It involves accessing the epidural space with a needle and injecting medications (usually steroids) into the space. The epidural space is the space just outside of the spinal cord. When steroids are injected into the space, they will calm down inflamed nerves in the area.
What conditions can it treat?
A LESI is mostly used to treat lower back and pain that radiates to the legs. The conditions they treat includes radiculopathy, radiculitis, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, post-herpetic neuralgia (complication of shingles), and others. The procedure usually does not require any sedation, but patients are given a local anesthetic to help with discomfort from the needle.
Conditions
- Arthritis
- Cancer Pain
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Compression Fractures of the Spine
- Herniated Discs
- Lumbar Radiculopathy (Sciatica)
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Whiplash CAD
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Neuropathy
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Migraine Headaches
Treatments
- Kyphoplasty
- Lidocaine Infusion
- Lumbar Epidural Spinal Injection (LESI)
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Medial Branch Block (MBB)
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD)
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
- Regenerative Medicine
- SI Joint Injections
- Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Sympathetic Nerve Block
- Transforaminal Epidural Spinal Injection (TFESI)
- Trigger Point Injections
- Vertebroplasty
- Capsaicin (8%) Patch
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Disc Nucleoplasty
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulator (DRG)
- Endoscopic Discectomy
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Intrathecal Pain Pumps
- Ketamine Infusion
- Hip Joint Injections
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Knee Joint Injections
- Botox Injections
- Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block
- Intercostal Nerve Block
- Minuteman Procedure
- Vertiflex Procedure