Advantages And Disadvantages Of Ultrasonography

Most ultrasounds are done using a transducer on the surface of the skin. Sometimes, however, doctors and technicians can get a better diagnostic image by inserting a special transducer into one of the body's natural openings

Corticosteroid injections are the simplest way to treat neck pain. A cervical disc neurosurgeon Plano TX can administer the injections, a mixture of cortisone and an anesthetic, into the affected

In June 2016, the patient has had a second diagnostic lumbar epidural steroid injection at L1-2, L2-3, L3-4, and L4-5. He has an adequate response with increased range of motion, improve activities of daily living and pain reduction. Overall he has had 80% + improvement. He also underwent facet joint blocks at L2-3, L3-4, and L4-5 and has had axial pain relief of greater than

More than three fourths of the sonography employees have reported experiencing pain while scanning, and on an average of five years, most sonographers do experience pain while scanning

MRI of the lumbar spine performed on 10/30/14 demonstrated mild anterolisthesis and prominent degenerative changes at L4-5, resulting in contact and possible impingement upon passing L5 nerve roots bilaterally. There is moderate bilateral facet arthropathy at this level. Mild central canal narrowing is seen at L4-5. Mild chronic compression deformity, superior endplate of T12 is seen.

It was noted that the patient has neck pain, facet arthropathy and spondylosis, suggestive of facer joint origin, 80% relief from previous facet nerve injection/block, prior rhizotomy more than 6 months and cervical/thoracic facet medial branch nerve block which has been helpful, failed conservative treatments with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDS), PT, chiropractic care and home exercises.

Based on the latest medical report dated 04/08/16, the patient presents for follow-up of his lower back pain. He is status post radiofrequency facet on the left that initially helped with left sided lower back to 60%. He stated that PT was stopped by insurance for the past 2 weeks. Since he started PT, he has been having increased spasm across his lower back with pain into the left lower extremity. IW feels that PT

CA MTUS supports facet injections for non-radicular facet mediated pain. In addition, ODG criteria for facet injections include documentation of low-back pain that is non-radicular, failure of conservative treatment (including home exercise, PT, and NSAIDs) prior to the procedure for at least 4-6 weeks, no more than 2 joint levels to be injected in one session, and evidence of a formal plan of additional evidence-based activity and exercise in addition to facet joint therapy. This is an appeal to a previously denied request on 02/09/16. The latest note and the appeal letter stated that the reviewing doctor denied the joint injections because there was no documentation of ruling out radiculopathy. The bottom line is that this patient has MRI scan evidence of both disc pathology and facet arthropathy. It was noted that the patient has been symptomatic since 2005. He has continued back pain with a recent 10/12/15 date of

As per medical report dated 4/19/16, a lumbar MRI with and without contrast was requested to evaluate for a discogenic and/or facetogenic etiology for pain. MRI would also allow evaluation of conditions such as spinal stenosis.

A physician with a wealth of experience in the fields of anesthesiology and pain management, Dr. Daniel Kendall has served as an interventional pain medicine specialist with National Spine and Pain Centers for 17 years. He treats patients out of National Spine and Pain’s Arlington location near his home town of Vienna, Virginia. Before assuming his current position, Dr. Daniel Kendall served as chief fellow of pain management at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. His experience with Johns Hopkins included training in advanced modalities such as sympathetic blocks, vertebroplasty, intrathecal pumps, IDET, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation.

Catherine Mill argues that obstetric ultrasound has some impacts upon the embodied experience of pregnancy. For her, Ultrasound does not simply represent an already existing body, but actually constitutes the foetus as an embodied, social being. The basic question whether abortion is morally right or wrong enters into another domain through an analysis of biopolitics of reproduction. The routine use of ultrasound in obstetrics has its impact on the intuitions about the moral status of the foetus. ultrasound plays a significant role in the circulation and realization of norms in reproduction by establishing and shaping embodiment and thereby constitute social and ethical relationships. Ultrasound imaging allows the bodily life of the foetus

This technology is the same as that used for dorsal column stimulation which has been validated for for chronic pain syndrome, failed back syndrome and peripheral neuropathic pain[5]. The pilot study is being performed at the Cleveland Clinic for DBS[6]. Studies have been performed for motor cortical stimulation[7]. Results are variable but promising. Technique varies from institution to institution and a consensus is yet to be reached . Given the dire nature of intractable neuropathic face pain, the lack of effective therapy and reported efficacy of neuromodulation surgery, it is reasonable to offer DBS or MCS in carefully chosen

In addition, Ozyilmaz K etal 2012(15) assessed wound infiltration with saline, levobupivacaine, tramadol or tramadol plus levobupivacaine in lumbar disc surgeries. They observed that the time to first analgesia was earliest in saline group, followed by levobupivacaine group then tramadol group. None of the patients in tramadol plus levobupivacaine group required postoperative analgesic supplementation, and the visual analog scale scores were <3 at all measurement times and this may be attributed to high levobupivacaine dose (100 mg) which is double of our study.

Ultrasound or ultrasonography is a medical imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves. It is a high pitch frequency that cannot be heard by the human ear. In ultra sound the following happens: High frequency sound pulses (1-5megahertz) are transmitted from the ultrasound machine into your body using a probe. The sound wave will travel into your body until it hits an object such as soft tissue and bone. When the sound wave hits these objects some of the wave will be reflected back to the probe. While some waves may carry on further till they hit another object and then reflected back. The probe picks up these reflected sound waves and relays them to the machine. The distance and time from the probe,

Modern medicine has undergone major advancements over the past years. One of these developments include the capacity to retrieve crucial information about the human body and its health beyond the use of manual diagnostic techniques. This is referred to as Medical or Diagnostic Imaging.