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  • Facet Injection Test

    Has anyone ever taken a facet injection test?

    A doctor wants this done to me to find out where the pain is coming from

    no thank you, no one is sticking anything in my spine unless I'm out cold

    connie
    CONNIE


    Surgery June 28th 2004
    fused T4 -L3
    Hip graft
    Grown 1 1/2 inches
    25/o upper T 15/o
    53/o T 15/o
    37/o L 6/o
    Dr. Micheal Nuewirth
    New York City

    August 6, 2004
    Pulmonary Embolism
    complication from surgery

    January 2007 currently
    increasing pain at the T4/5
    point irratation heardwear

  • #2
    facet injections

    These injections are given under deep sedation so you do not feel them; they serve 2 purposes: pain relief for a period of time and a diagnosis of which nerve branches are affected. The doctor, usually a pain specialist, uses fluoroscopy to visualize the correct spot.

    I have worked with these cases in my profession on a regular basis.

    Karen
    Original scoliosis surgery 1956 T-4 to L-2 ~100 degree thoracic (triple)curves at age 14. NO hardware-lost correction.
    Anterior/posterior revision T-4 to Sacrum in 2002, age 60, by Dr. Boachie-Adjei @Hospital for Special Surgery, NY = 50% correction

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    • #3
      Karen,

      If your under deep sedation, how are they able to find out where the pain is coming from?
      CONNIE


      Surgery June 28th 2004
      fused T4 -L3
      Hip graft
      Grown 1 1/2 inches
      25/o upper T 15/o
      53/o T 15/o
      37/o L 6/o
      Dr. Micheal Nuewirth
      New York City

      August 6, 2004
      Pulmonary Embolism
      complication from surgery

      January 2007 currently
      increasing pain at the T4/5
      point irratation heardwear

      Comment


      • #4
        injections

        You tell the doctor the general area where it is before the procedure; sometimes he will press around your back and you tell him where it hurts.
        K
        Original scoliosis surgery 1956 T-4 to L-2 ~100 degree thoracic (triple)curves at age 14. NO hardware-lost correction.
        Anterior/posterior revision T-4 to Sacrum in 2002, age 60, by Dr. Boachie-Adjei @Hospital for Special Surgery, NY = 50% correction

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