DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Epidural treatment
Epidural
The term epidural is often short for epidural analgesia, a form of regional analgesia involving injection of drugs through a catheter placed into the epidural space. The injection can cause both a loss of sensation and a loss of pain, by blocking the transmission of signals through nerves in or near the spinal cord. The epidural space is the space inside the bony spinal canal but outside the membrane called the dura mater (sometimes called the "dura"). In contact with the inner surface of the dura is another membrane called the arachnoid mater ("arachnoid")...
Epidural treatment - List of case studies
- Treatments
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Abdominal radical nephrectomy Ablation Ablation treatment (tricuspidal isthmus Ablative procedures Absorbables ... Entero-enteric bypass surgery Enterostomy Epidural anesthesia Epidural steroid injections Epidural treatment ...
- Drugs
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Tamoxifen Adjuvant chemotherapy Adjuvant treatment with Interferon (part of the Mel A) Adria Adriamycin ... Enemas Enoxaparin Enoxaparin sodium Epidural Epidural steroid injection Epinephrine Epirubicin ...
- Left lumbosciatic pain from L4-L5 and L5-S1 annular protrusion
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injections with vials of Orudis and Voltaren. The treatment resulted in temporary remission, therefore the patient started a new ... caution. The patient was advised that if pain persists, epidural treatment is recommended. Surgery was not recommended also in view of ...
- Myofascial back pain in a patient diagnosed with mild disc degeneration
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of the second lumbar segment? Do you think some treatment, even preventive in nature, is necessary to prevent worsening of the ... also pushes into the foramen, which also reduces the epidural fat around the roots of L3. Posterior disk protrusion at ...
- Fistulized pilonidal cyst
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reopened. Therefore, a second surgical procedure under epidural anesthesia was performed in the pediatric surgical unit. There ... the one who performed the last procedure. An antibiotic treatment was also prescribed to control the infection. In March the patient ...
- Left lumbosciatic pain from double disc protrusion
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prescribed injections with Orudis, followed by further treatment with Voltaren. The treatment resulted in a simple remission of pain, ... brace and medical posture gymnastics with caution. Epidural treatment and ozone treatment were recommended if pain persists. ...
- Spinal Channel Stenosis
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canal . The proper treatment, according to my opinion, is conservative ; ... are recommended. In case these measures are not enough, epidural steroid injection should be considered and only if this treatment ...
- Herniated Disc L4-L5
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L3-L4 due to presence of articular hypertrophy; anterior epidural space and conjugate foramen are within normal limits. No evident signs ... such a case is extremely difficult because the mainstay of treatment is the clinical presentation and not radiological findings. Given ...
- Back Pain with Partial Sensory Leg Anesthesia
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anesthesia in his leg. He has been given prescribed treatment that included blockades, magnetotherapy, and ultrasound massage with ... on this patient . Conservative treatment can also include epidural steroid injections. 5. There is a wide range of complications ...
- Low back pain due to spondylosis and degenerative disc disease
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a. The patient may benefit from a trial of lumbar epidural steroid injections . If these provide sufficient pain control not ... does not seem to be a surgical candidate, unless other treatment is not successful or not available for any reason (injections). ...