Editorial. Topical epidural steroids after lumbar spine surgery: do the benefits observed after microdiscectomy extend to lumbar fusion?

Armaan K. Malhotra MD1 and Jefferson R. Wilson MD, PhD, FRCSC1,2
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  • 1 Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario; and
  • | 2 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Jefferson R. Wilson: jefferson.wilson@unityhealth.to.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online April 15, 2022; DOI: 10.3171/2022.2.SPINE2287.

Disclosures Dr. Wilson is a consultant for Stryker. Dr. Wilson would also like to acknowledge support from the Labatt Family Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto.

ACCOMPANYING ARTICLE DOI: 10.3171/2022.1.SPINE211418.

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