“We are putting a catheter in. Lift your leg a bit more, almost done, just a bit more.”She whimpers in pain; my heart goes out to her“Why are you doing this?” she asksThey finally have time to explain, but only when the procedures are all done.“The doctor has ordered a me...
My doctor suggested a new treatment. It involves putting a catheter up my nostrils to administer a sphenopalatine ganglion block in my nasal cavities. Since SPG controls head and facial pain, a blocker means the absence of both. It’s apparently highly effective. At this point in my headache...
RTX was injected either directly into the epidural space or administered via a catheter placed under fluoroscopic guidance. Three patients reported significant (30%, 50%, and 70%, respectively) reductions in pain scores that lasted until the very end of the study (12 weeks) [149]. Four study...
The urinary bladder was catheterized with PP 90 tubing to collect urine samples. Approximately 1.5 mL of blood was collected through the carotid artery cannula. The withdrawn blood was centrifuged for collection of plasma and stored at −30 °C along with the urine sample. 2.5.2. Induction ...