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Cervical Injections

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Pain Management and Palliative Care

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Abstract

Cervical back pain is a common medical condition with many potential causes. A thorough evaluation is required to determine the etiology and the response to interventional techniques is often favorable when coupled with a multimodal treatment approach. In this chapter, techniques for interlaminar epidural steroid injections, cervical facet joint injections, cervical medial branch blockade, and radiofrequency ablation will be described.

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Abbreviations

AP:

Anteroposterior

CMBB:

Cervical Medial Branch Blocks

CPT:

Current Procedural Terminology

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

IL-CESI:

Interlaminar cervical epidural steroid injection

RFA:

Radiofrequency ablation

UTI:

Urinary tract infection

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor Scott & White Health/Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA

    Benjamin P. Lowry M.D.

  2. Department of Anesthesiology—Pain Management, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX, USA

    Adam M. Savage M.D.

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Interventional Pain Management, New York University , Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Kimberly A. Sackheim

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Lowry, B.P., Savage, A.M. (2015). Cervical Injections. In: Sackheim, K. (eds) Pain Management and Palliative Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2462-2_39

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