Lumbar medial branch blocks
Injection of local anaesthetic and steroid next to the facet joints on the right and/or left side of the spine at the lower back for non-specific low back pain. This injection numbs ther nerve that supplies the facet joints. Pain can also be referred into the buttocks, hips, groin and the back of the legs down to the knee.
- Speciality Pain Therapy
- Urgency elective
- Duration 10 min to 20 min
- Blood Loss none
- Anaesthesia none
- Anaesthesia II Sedation
- Procedures Prone position
- Pain mild-moderate (++)
- Post-op Pain II Tablets
- Hospital Stay Day Surgery (a few hours)
- Full Recovery 1 to 14 days
- Additional Info A painful flare up may occur after the injection that usually settles down within 2 weeks
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