What is the media block of the branch?
The media branch is a medical procedure where the anesthesiologist anestrate the media nerves of the branch based on the spinal cord to see if they are a source of chronic pain. These nerves are based on the facet joints between the vertebrae and can be a significant source of pain. The procedure temporarily reduces the pain if they are a problem of bean joints, suggesting that the procedure for interruption or ablation of nerves could be beneficial for long -term pain treatment. The branch media blocks are not therapeutic or therapeutic, which serves primarily diagnostic.
Before the test, the doctor will talk to the patient to check allergies and other contraindications. For the procedure, the patient lies on the table and receives intravenous seating for comfort. Once the sedative manifests, the doctor may clean the area of interest along the spine and insert the needle using fluoroscopy for guidance to make sure the needle goes to the right place. The doctor may injection hitchhiking to confirm the location. It also adds anesthetic to temporarily block the nerve.
The physician asks the patient to wait 20 to 30 minutes for the anesthetics to be manifested, and then the patient is involved in an activity that is usually painful, such as bending or stretching. If there is a problem with facet joints, the media block of the branch will limit the pain signals, allowing the patient to complete the task without pain or with minimal pain. This state without pain will take until the anesthetics are exhausted and the nerves are unable to re -function.
When the media branch works, the doctor knows that the treatment of nerves around the bean joints should help with the patient's chronic pain. Doctors can use lasers and other tools to burn nerves and carefully cut off their signals in a neurotomic procedure. After the increase, the patient should experience a dramatically reduced level of pain can be more able to engage in physical activities.
in cases where the media block branch has no or little effect, the problem lies somewhereElsewhere in the patient's body and to find out what is happening, diagnostic testing is required. The failure of the media block of the branch suggests that the postponement of nerves would not bring any benefits to the patient. The doctor may repeat the test at another time to see if something changes, depending on the situation and how well the patient reacts to other treatment.