Particulate vs. Nonparticulate Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis

Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking/reading adults age 18-90 years * Patients with complaints of unilateral radicular lower extremity symptoms * NRS pain score \>= 5 * Pain symptoms for at least 1 month's duration * Patients deemed appropriate for lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections by treating spine specialist * Targeted injection level for L4 or L5 * MRI of lumbosacral spine that demonstrates and confirms single-level neural compression secondary to unilateral lumbosacral foraminal or subarticular stenosis consistent with clinical history and findings * Lumbar foraminal stenosis severity of grades 1, 2, and 3 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with multiple symptomatic levels * Patients who are deemed not appropriate to undergo lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections (e.g., allergy to local anesthetics, radiographic dye contrast, patients with high bleeding tendency, pregnancy) * Patients involved with litigation or worker's compensation cases * Patients who are unable to answer the questionnaires and perform follow-up visits * Patients who have active, concurrent painful diagnoses (e.g., hip osteoarthritis, greater trochanteric pain syndrome, knee pain, peripheral vascular disease, or peripheral neuropathy) that may confuse clinical picture and impact patients' rating and perception of their low back and radicular symptoms * Patients with other spinal pathologies confirmed on imaging that may explain patient's pain * Patients who have additional s…