Pain Management Procedure - Sarcoliac Joint Steroid Injection


		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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	Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection

		Current procedure is carried out to eliminate pain, caused by sacroiliac articulation (a joint which connects spine and thigh-bone) arthritis. Steroid medication can decrease swelling and inflammation. During this procedure patient lies face down with a soft pad under the stomach for a better comfort and to help to relax the spine.


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A local anesthetic is administered in the site of injection, which numbs all tissues up to the sacroiliac articulation.

Then a steroid-anesthetic mixture is injected which encloses painful area.

Possible side-effects are comparable with side-effects of a simple injection: patient may have allergic reactions, bacterial infection or bleeding, which occurs rarely.

Steroid side-effects: swelling of the face, arms and legs, diabetics may have their blood sugar level raised.

It is obligatory to inform your physician about pregnancy or the use of ‘blood thinning’ medications.


	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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