Nerve blocks

 

Celiac plexus blocks are injections of pain medication that help relieve abdominal pain, commonly due to cancer or chronic pancreatitis. The celiac plexus is a bundle of nerves that surrounds the aorta, the main artery into your abdomen. Blocking these nerves from carrying pain information can help you stop feeling pain in your abdomen. A celiac plexus block does not heal or treat the cause of celiac disease. This procedure only aids in stopping the pain from ever reaching our main processing center, the brain.


Genicular nerve block

severe knee pain is a common complaint in people suffering from progressive disease like osteoarthritis. Pain is also common following a failed knee surgery like partial or total knee replacement.For many people, chronic knee pain can be treated by blocking pain signals that are fed into the knee through the genicular nerves. This procedure is called Genicular Nerve Block or Neurotomy. 

Genicular nerve block/neurotomy is a relatively new technique used to treat severe knee pain that has not responded to other treatments. There are typically 3 branches targeted with genicular nerve block – the superior medial branch, the superior lateral branch, and the interior medial genicular nerves.

 








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