Facet Joints are innervated or “supplied” by nerves called “medial branches”. These nerves carry the pain signals to the spinal cord and the signals eventually reach the brain, where the pain is noticed.

In the context of PNE, a nerve block involves injecting a liquid at a precise location near a nerve. For a small nerve like the pudendal that takes slightly different paths in different people, this requires more than just studying a person's body and deciding where to insert the needle, at what angle, and how deep. It requires imaging of some type, such as Xray (fluoroscope) or CT. See similar questions...

A nerve root injection is done primarily to determine if a specific nerve root is the source of back, buttock and leg pain. The procedure is similar to an epidural injection, where the lower spinal canal is injected. Selective nerve root injections of cortisone and anesthetic can help diagnose as well as treat nerve root inflammation that causes sciatica, a numbness or pain in the leg. This very precise injection can help alleviate leg pain coming from nerve roots in the lower back. See similar questions...

Sometimes lower back pain may come from different joints in the lower back. A facet joint injection is done to reduce inflammation in a joint that is felt to be the source of pain. Precise x-ray guided injections of cortisone and anesthetic can diagnose as well as treat these painful joints. An epidural injection is done when disc herniation or a narrowed spinal canal causes nerve root irritation or compression. See similar questions...

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The main cause of arthritis is the deterioration of the cartilage that lines the joints. This is a result of the continuous use and stress on the joint. Any situation where there is weakness of the muscles or connective tissues that stabilize the joint will cause abnormal movement within the joint and cause accelerated joint deterioration. Home | About Us | Senior Dogs | Senior Cats | Articles | Pet Conditions | Press | Contact Us | Discussion Board | Site Map See similar questions...

The medial collateral ligament (MCL) is sited on the inner side of the knee. It is injured more frequently than the lateral collateral ligament (LCL), which is on the outer side of the knee. More often than not, stretch and tear injuries to the collateral ligaments are produce by a blow to the outer side of the knee, such as when playing hockey or football. See similar questions...

Axillary nerve block involves the reversible loss of sensation of the axillary nerve area through the application of a local anesthetic. It is a well-established practice that nerve blocks are used for diagnostic, therapeutic, prognostic and treatment of chronic pain. Nowadays, axillary nerve blocks are frequently used for emergency and elective upper limb surgery since this method gives reliable anesthesia with less complications. See similar questions...

The axillary nerve block is a safe and reliable way of giving anesthesia to the upper extremity. It is beneficial in cases of traumatic injury where application of general anesthesia might be hazardous. The use of a large volume of anesthetic is essential, especially when it is important to block the musculocutaneous or axillary nerve. See similar questions...

A nerve block can alleviate pain by using a local anesthetic to interrupt pain sensory pathways and preventing them from reaching the brain. See similar questions...

Patients who are on anticoagulant therapy with heparin or coumadin should not undergo a nerve block procedure. These particular medications can increase the risk of bleeding. Also, nerve blocks should not be performed on patients who have an active infection around the area of pain or on those who are allergic to local anesthetics or steroids. See similar questions...

A nerve root injection is a transformational epidural steroid injection. An epidural steroid injection is usually an interlaminar (between two vertebrae) approach. With an interlaminar steroid injection the needle is placed to the epidural space typically near the middle of the spinal canal. With an interlaminar approach, a high volume technique is utilized to bathe several nerve roots at several levels. See similar questions...

The neurovascular bundles or nerve bundles, one on the left side of the prostate and one on the right side carry nerves and blood to assist in achieving an erection. If surgery is chosen as the treatment of the cancer, these bundles may or may not be spared. See similar questions...

The inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) is great for getting the patient good and numb (except for the high percentage that fail). But, from the patient’s perspective, that’s part of the problem, they stay numb for hours! Also, it is important to remember that soft tissue numbness does not directly correlate with degree of pulpal anesthesia. IntraFlow™ offers immediate profound pulpal anesthesia without facial numbness. See similar questions...

Yes. You may authorize your Joint Owner(s) to have access to your account via PC Branch. However, there really isn't a need to do so unless your joint owner does not have an account in their own name. All accounts on which a person is a joint owner should display when they log into their own account using their own password. See similar questions...

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If you are allergic to any of the medications to be injected, if you are on a blood thinning medication (e.g. Coumadin), or if you have an active infection going on near the injection site, you should not have the injection. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the written consent from Shishir A. Dhruva, MD See similar questions...