News tagged with epidural
Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations
The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in ...
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Researchers find epidural steroid injections do not benefit spine patients
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Costly diagnostic MRI tests unnecessary for many back pain patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Study finds women used 30 percent less analgesia during labor when self-administered
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that when women administer their own ...
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Taking NOTES: abdominal surgery without general anesthesia
A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In this review, Michael ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Mayo researchers find anesthesia not harmful for babies during birth process
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are ...
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Probing question: What is 'Talk and Die' Syndrome?
Ah, summer! Season of baseball, bike rides, barbecues -- and head injuries. There’s nothing like warm weather to get people outside and active, and nothing like activity to fill up an emergency room.
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Brain injury victims can seem OK, symptoms delayed
(AP) -- At first, Natasha Richardson said she felt fine after she took a spill on a Canadian ski slope. But that's not unusual for people who suffer traumatic head injuries like the one that killed the actress.
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Medical study shows epidurals and spinal anesthetics are safer than previously reported
The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia today concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of sev ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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