Pain Management Procedure - Intradisc Thermal Therapy


		Pain Management Procedures

	Dmitri Petrychenko Pain Management Office offers following procedures (to view description of the procedure, click on the name below):

Caudal steroid injection Celiac Plexus Block Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection Dekompressor Discectomy Discography Facet joint injection Femoral Nerve Block Intradiscal Elektrothermal Therapy Intrathecal Pump Implant Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy Lumbar Sympathetic Block Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection Percutaneous Disc Nucleoplasty Peripheral Nerve Block RACZ Caudal Neurolysis Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS)/Implant Stellate ganglion block Trigger Point Injection Vertebroplasty

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		Intradiscal Thermal Therapy

	This procedure is used to reduce the low back pain caused by diseased or herniated discs. Usually it is provided on an outpatient basis. To relax the patient and reduce discomfort local anesthetic and sedative analgetics are used. When proper disc is found, the physician uses fluoroscope to place a needle into the disc. Then heating wire is inserted through the needle close to damaged portion of the disc.


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The temperature of the heating wire is increased slowly to rise the temperature of the disk wall to repair the tears in the disc wall. The needle and wire are removed and a small bandage is applied on the tiny wound.

Common side effects could be compared with common injection side effects, i.e. allergic reaction, bacterial infection, bleeding in seldom cases. Steroids side effects are face, eyes, arms, legs swelling, sugar level increasing for diabetic patients.

The patient must inform the physician about pregnancy or if he/she takes blood thinning medication


	Dmitri Petrychenko, M.D., 1660 East 14th Street, second floor, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11229, Tel: (718) 336-5123 info@freeofpain.org


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