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CERVICAL EPIDURAL INJ
Indications
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Herniated discs /Nerve root irritation
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Cervical radiculopathy with pain in the neck and upper extremity can be relived by cervical epidural block.
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Sympathetically medicated pain
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CRPS-I, CRPS-II, post herpetic neuralgia, RSD, shoulder hand syndrome, phantom limb pain,
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post laminectomy syndrome
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Deferential neural block to evaluate the type of pain syndrome in head, neck, shoulder and upper extremity pain.
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Pain of acute herpes zoster.
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Surgical and post operative analgesia and anesthesia.
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Traumatic pain
Technique
Under local anaesthesia cervical epidural inj is given in sitting, prone or lateral position
under fluoroscopy .
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