It's done to treat the upper to middle part of your back (thoracic region). Medicine is injected into the epidural space. This is the area around your spinal cord. Your spinal cord is a bundle of ...

An epidural involves the injection of painkilling medication into the epidural space in the spine using a sizable needle. When done correctly, it can help ease some of the pain of childbirth.

Finally, metastasis results when tumor cells in the cerebrospinal fluid deposit tumor cells in the epidural space.This scenario most often occurs in leukemia. [2] Spinal cord compression ...

The concentration of esketamine in the maternal and fetal plasma which would provide information about the transfer of esketamine from epidural space to maternal circulation and then to fetal ...

Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the last 6 months were excluded. Patients were randomized to injections with ...

As a person ages, the disks in their spine start to lose height and begin to bulge. They also lose water content, dry out, and become stiff. The result is the collapse of disk space and loss of space ...

Anatomy of the spine and the mechanics of spinal stenosis The spinal cord extends from the base of the brain and enters the spinal canal – a protective space inside the bony portions of the spine. The ...

The study aimed to compare the quality and duration of pain relief using a combination of caudal epidural ropivacaine and fentanyl versus using ropivacaine alone in patients undergoing lumbosacral ...