Chronic, persistent thoracic and chest wall pain and radicular pain may be secondary to disc herniation, discogenic pain, spinal stenosis, or post-thoracic surgery syndrome.Epidural injections are one of the commonly utilized treatment modalities for managing chronic thoracic pain administered by either ...
这种疾病影响颈部和腰部之间的胸椎。它是由于脊柱的骨的退变、椎间盘突出或脊髓周围的组织增厚引起椎管的狭窄。 Anatomy of a Healthy Spine(健康脊柱的解剖) In a healthy spine, the spinal canal has a rounded, triangular shape that provi...
The thoracic dorsal rami are formed within 5 mm of the lateral intervertebral foramen. The thoracic transverse process acts as a good landmark for the medial branches of the thoracic dorsal rami. However, it must be remembered that the transverse process of the thoracic spine is a true process...
ofparticulate matter(steroid) into the greater radicular artery while performing a thoracolumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection may cause paraplegia.9Other invasive procedures such aslumbar sympathectomyandaortic surgery, or adissecting aneurysm, may also interrupt supply to the greater radicular ...
Specificity of diagnostic nerve blocks: a prospective, randomized study of sciatica due to lum- bosacral spine disease. Pain. 1996;65(1):77–85. 42. Furman MB, Lee TS, Mehta A, Simon JI, Cano WG. Contrast flow selectivity during transforaminal lumbosacral epidural steroid injec- tions. ...
Inadvertent injection of particulate matter (steroid) into the greater radicular artery while performing a thoracolumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection may cause paraplegia.9 Other invasive procedures such as lumbar sympathectomy and aortic surgery, or a dissecting aneurysm, may also interrupt ...
Therefore, having thorough familiarity with the anatomy, technique, and potential benefits and complications related to thoracic epidural steroid injections gives a pain physician an important tool to combat what can be severe pain of the thoracic spine, chest, and abdomen....
It remains critically important for providers to acknowledge the potential adverse events of both types of epidural injections but, based on the data presented here, recognize that the relative safety profile of each should not be the sole driver of the clinical decision-making process for IL CESI...
We encountered a patient with a relatively rare spinal epidural cavernous hemangioma of the thoracic spine that was non-vertebral in origin. The patient was a 63-year-old man. He had become aware of bilateral leg pain and numbness about 2 months earlier, and gait disturbance appeared gradually...
1. A method of treating a thoracic region of a patient's spine, the method comprising: inserting a first electrosurgical device at a segment of a transverse process of a first thoracic vertebra; moving the first electrosurgical device in a cranial direction until a distal tip of the first ele...