LONG POND, Pa. -- Jeff Gordon anticipates he will have another injection at some point to relieve the pain in his lower back. Surgery, however, is not an option. "The option of surgery is really too ...

Twelve specialty societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and others whose members include pain physicians, have joined together to maintain coverage for facet joint injection ...

Lumbar total disc replacement patients tended to have more facet injections following surgery compared to those having anterolateral lumbar interbody fusion, according to a study published in the ...

April 12, 2011 (Washington, DC) — Muscle tendon injections might be an effective treatment for patients who have residual pain with radiculopathy after epidural corticosteroids, facet blocks, or ...

Dexamethasone-21-palmitate in lipid microspheres has already demonstrated its efficacy and tolerability with intra-articular injection during the inflammatory phase of osteoarthritis of the knee [6] ...

Editor’s Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free monthly newsletter. Sign-up to receive this ...

Here are the 2010 Medicare reimbursement rates for 11 nerve block procedures performed in the ASC setting. 4. Nerve block injections(s), anesthetic agent and/or steroid, plantar common digital nerve(s ...