Persistent hiccups as a rare complication after transforaminal epidural steroid injection: A Case Report

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:06:28 +0300

A male patient presented to the clinic with persistent hiccups and the complaint of subacute low back pain. Subsequently, he was administered a transforaminal epidural betamethasone injection (TFESI) plus lidocaine and developed persistent hiccups thereafter, which lasted for 6 days and subsided spontaneously. He presented with similar complaints again 5 months later and was administered TFESI,...