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.

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A pinched nerve is rare. It is more likely that an adjacent spinal bone irritates, stretches, rubs, chokes, or chafes the spinal cord or a nerve when you have a subluxation. These subluxations distort the nerve messages sent between the brain and the body. This can produce unhealthy alterations to the organs and tissues connected by the affected nerves.

The nerve that controls motion to the face (the facial nerve) runs through the parotid gland. This nerve is important in closing the eyes, wrinkling the nose, and moving the lips. Most often the parotid gland can be removed without permanent damage to the nerve, however, the size and position of the diseased tissue may require that the nerve, or small branches of the nerve, be cut to assure complete removal.

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.

Nerve interference shows up in the form of headaches, radiating pain, numbness, weakness in your arms or legs, and on and on. In light of the fact that every muscle, organ and sensory is controlled by the nervous system it open a lot of possibilities up for some adverse effects if the nervous system is irritated in some way.

The sacral nerve is a nerve near the end of the spinal cord. This nerve can control the contractions of the bladder. A sacral nerve stimulator is an implanted device which uses a mild electrical impulse to excite the nerve to make the bladder do its job properly. A Pelvic Floor stimulator is an external device using electrical stimulation to the pelvic floor muscle. Stimulation is generally delivered by a vaginal or anal probe connected to an external pulse generator.

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.

Erections usually begin to return as partial erections 3 to 6 months after surgery and then continue to improve for about 36 months after surgery, as the nerves recover from the trauma of surgery. Despite expert application of the nerve-sparing prostatectomy technique, early recovery of natural erectile function is uncommon. Even when the nerve-sparing surgery is performed with meticulous technique, patients do not recover erectile function as quickly as they do urinary continence.

Pudendal Nerve Entrapment (PNE) is a condition causing pain for no apparent reason in the lower central pelvic areas. These are the anal region, perineum, and scrotum and penis or vulva. Pain is worse upon sitting, and less when standing or sitting on a donut cushion or toilet seat. These are the classic PNE symptoms. But there is no one particular pattern that dominates. Pain can be in just one area, several, or all. It can be unilateral or bilateral.

A multidisciplinary approach to these tumors enhances patient care. Patients benefit from a coordinated clinical service that is "under one roof". The disciplines that currently participate in the care of these patients include:

If a baby tooth is infected, Dr. Dave may recommend the procedure of removing the unhealthy part of the nerve in that tooth. The procedure is called a Pulpotomy. Baby teeth respond well to the removal of the infected portion of the nerve while the healthy portion of the nerve is preserved. The decay is removed and medicine is placed over the healthy portion of the nerve.