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Epidural Injection Therapy
The purpose of this treatment is to eliminate the pressure and interaction on the nerve and eliminate the pain by reducing the inflammation and edema caused by the hernia putting pressure on the nerve.
For this, a long-acting steroid and a local anesthetic drug are used.
The intervention is performed in a controlled manner, accompanied by a C-arm fluoroscopy device. There are 2 different types of intervention.
1- Interlaminar: The drug is injected into the space around the spinal cord by entering through the middle of the spine.
2- Transforaminal: The drug is injected directly into the affected nerve root by entering it from the side where the hernia acts.
3- Caudal Block: The drug is injected into the space around the spinal cord by entering through a hole at the end of the coccyx bone.
- Hernia: Patients whose discs become herniated, causing nerve compression.
- Spondylolisthesis: Patients with nerve compression due to a shift in the vertebral bones.
- Narrow spinal canal (=spinal stenosis): Patients with nerve compression due to stenosis in the spinal canal.
- Patients taking blood thinners (Depending on the patient’s condition, the procedure can be performed by stopping the drug 3 to 5 days before the procedure)
- Pregnant Women
- Bleeding-for those who have a coagulation disorder
- For those who have an infection in the area where the intervention will be performed
- It is necessary to monitor blood sugar more carefully when applying it to patients with diabetes mellitus.
- Very rarely, water retention (edema) can occur in the body. (A salt-free diet is recommended as much as possible in the first week.)
- Very rarely there may be a headache.
- Very rarely, infection and bleeding that may occur during each injection process can be considered a risk.