by rajmom_46lqoy | Dec 11, 2024 | Interventional treatments
Low back epidural injections help with back and leg related pain. To perform an epidural injection, the doctor uses an x-ray machine (called a fluoroscopy machine or C-arm) to guide the needle placement. The dark area on the screen reflects the spread of contrast that...
by rajmom_46lqoy | Jun 6, 2024 | Interventional treatments
This woman had years of chronic right knee pain after she had arthroscopic knee surgery. Despite her efforts, her pain had begun to interfere with her ability to do activities like walking, exercising, and getting out of a chair. Due to the persistent pain issues she...
by rajmom_46lqoy | Jun 5, 2024 | Interventional treatments
This nice patient came to me after enjoying years of pain relief from her Medtronic spinal cord stimulator. Unfortunately, she suffered a fall and developed a painful broken bone in her spine also called a vertebral compression fracture. She had tenderness right over...
by rajmom_46lqoy | Jul 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
This nice lady presented with pain in her sacroiliac joint after having previous surgery in her low back (lumbar spine). The sacroiliac (SI) joint is the joint between the sacrum (below the lumbar spine) and the ilium that is part of the hip. Sometimes people who have...
by rajmom_46lqoy | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
I saw this patient in my clinic in spring 2023 after I performed a trial of Abbott spinal cord stimulation with the leads (pictured below) placed while the patient received IV sedation. I love performing minimally-invasive procedures to help patients with their...
