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INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
Interventional pain injections target the suspected source of pain. Most procedures are done with the use of fluoroscopy to improve the accuracy and results of the procedure. Sedation is often utilized to improve your comfort. However, most procedures are not uncomfortable and can be done without sedation. Injections can be therapeutic by injecting steroids (reduce pain and inflammation) and/or a local anesthetic. Injections may be diagnostic. If there is pain relief with the injection of a local anesthetic then the source of the pain can be identified. Injections may to destructive in order to offer longer periods of pain relief.
Spine/ Non-Surgical Procedures:
- Caudal Steroid Injection
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Discography
- Facet Joint Injections
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
- Medial Branch Block
- RACZ Caudal Neurolysis
Pain Management:
- Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection
- Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET)
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant
- Trigger Point Injections
- Thoracic Epidural Steroid Injection
- Vertebroplasty
- Thoracic Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection
Spinal Cord Stimulation:
Spinal cord stimulation is a widely accepted medical treatment. It is an FDA-approved therapy for treatment of chronic pain. Many major health insurance plans, Medicare and worker’s compensation programs provide benefits and coverage for SCS therapy.
For patients that have been living with chronic pain, spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may provide new hope. Spinal cord stimulation has been identified to be an effective treatment option for many chronic pain sufferers. SCS uses a small implanted device to generate tiny electrical pulses that replace the feeling of pain with a tingling or massaging sensation.
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) surgery is most commonly performed in two separate steps, a trial procedure then the permanent implant.
The Trial Procedure
The stimulation trial usually requires a short procedure. This procedure isoften performed on an outpatient basis at a hospital, pain clinic, or at a daysurgery center. The trial implantation may be performed under light sedation or, less frequently, under general anesthesia.
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