Epidural Articles & Analysis
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The past 2 years, his back pain has become unbearable. He tried epidurals, surgery, physical therapy, and opioids and was waking up every 3 hours to take a pill that barely helped. ...
The SIAP study investigates the effect of using Ergotrics' Inflatable Prone Support (IPS) on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) during spine surgery. Study background The objective of this study is to demonstrate the ability of the inflatable Prone Supports (IPS) to lower the IAP of patients in the prone position. Whenever the patients’ position is changed to prone, the IAP is increased due to ...
According to our Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Advisory Board, imaging review, a key aspect of mild® patient candidate identification, is often not included in initial schooling. To help APPs learn the basics of image review, become more familiar with identifying anatomical landmarks, and understand how to confirm if a patient is a candidate for the mild® Procedure, we asked James ...
What is Lumbar Spinal Stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis, or LSS, is a common condition in which the lower spinal canal narrows and compresses the nerves in the lower back. Lumbar spinal stenosis is generally caused by aging and natural wear and tear on the spine. With lumbar spinal stenosis, thickened ligament, overgrowth of bone, and/or bulging discs in the lower back put pressure on the ...
Despite multiple interventions, including epidural steroid injections (ESIs) and medication therapy, the patient continued to experience chronic pain. ...
Advanced IPM practices are moving beyond epidural steroid injections (ESIs) to offer the gold standard of care for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) patients. Review the new data where study researchers compared the medical records of participants who had received either just one or no steroid injection prior to the mild® Procedure, to participants who received two or more ...
Studies looking at optimizing the position of birth to achieve spontaneous vaginal delivery and to avoid AVD have tended to categorize women into those with epidural (generally low dose) and those without. The use of any upright or lateral position in the second stage of labor, compared with supine or lithotomy positions, is associated with a reduction in AVDs in women not using ...