Cervical Spine Epidural Steroid Injection Block interlaminar sitting medical negligence movies. This movie illustrates the pain management technique for performing a cervical interlaminar epidural injection in the sitting position. This movie shows patient positioning, skin preparation, local anesthetic injection, needle introduction into the epidural space, contrast injection to check needle tip position, anesthetic injection, and medical negligence movies. An epidural injection is used to inject medication into epidural space around irritated spinal nerves. Spinal nerves can be irritated by herniated or degenerative discs, facet joint osteophytes, enlarged ligaments or traumatic or infectious inflammation. The injected medication can include local anesthetic, slow-release anti-inflammatory steroid and opioid pain-relieving medication. Epidural injections can be diagnostic or therapeutic. Cervical Spine Epidural Steroid Injection Block interlaminar sitting medical negligence movies.
