The anesthetic agents that are infused through the small catheter block spinal nerve roots in the epidural space and the sympathetic nerve fibers adjacent to them. Depending on the location of the ...

Steroids injected into the spine—typically in an area called the epidural space, between the vertebrae and the protective covering of the spinal cord—can temporarily reduce inflammation around ...

In the procedure, anesthesia is administered directly into the epidural space (outermost section) of the spinal cord as ...

In other cases, doctors employ epidural steroid injections to manage chronic pain conditions like spinal stenosis, herniated ...