Posted by Fivefires on June 9, 2008, at 12:41:51
Hi all.
I'm trying to find an operative report in its entirety, well actually this minimally invasive procedure which is called, something like,
Cervical selective root sleeve injection with dexamethasone and bupivacaine.
The sites I'm finding won't give me a print of a procedure.
Anyone know where to look, how to search, to find a couple of these, if they're effective, things gone wrong, etc.?
Tks for help.
The pain management doc which I've got an appt to see in 2wks doesn't even have the procedure on this docs web site for a person to view.(?)
I used to type operative reports, procedures, etc., so ... that's really what I'd like to see.
And of course, if anyone knows of anyone who has had this minimally invasive procedure performed, please share with me.
Tks so much for any help.
5f
and: I've been on darvocet to Percocet for 13yrs. Epidurals w/ triamcinolone were ineffective. Trigger points were effective but short-lasting and docs wouldn't give often enough to control pain.
If I pay to detox off pain meds and have this done, I'd certainly like to see what is going to be done first, wouldn't you all?
Oh, it's cervical C2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, with disc extrusions being more or less at different levels resulting from being thrown very hard into a corner where two walls met. After this happened I had a bright red line from just beneath my head straight down my spinal cord to about waistline I think. Of course there were other things which happened to me which could have contributed to this 5th MRI and my PCP now wanting me to d.c. pain meds after 13yrs.
I'm scared. Talked w/ some women who'd had surgery, failed were worse, and their docs were treating them w/ meds like I.
Whatever shall I do? (Where is this 'sillyness' I have coming from?) Maybe a little bit of Nardil a few wks ago shook some neurotransmitters loose!
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