Safe and effective, this pain-relieving medical procedure is still surrounded by myth and misinformation.

If you’re thinking about getting an epidural to help manage the pain of childbirth, you’re not alone. More than 70% of women delivering at hospitals elect for an epidural or other spinal ...

"I worked in the army hospital on Ft. Lewis. A woman came in for belly pain, and we found out and told her she was 10 weeks ...

Advances in pain management in recent years include new drugs, self-administered morphine pumps, epidural catheters, biofeedback, adaptive devices, and even clinics established specifically to ...

A peripheral intravenous catheter was placed ... such as meningitis or epidural hematoma, are very rare. 4 When I am asked about the circumstances under which I would recommend lumbar puncture ...

vascular engorgement of the epidural space, and prominent intradural vascular flow voids. Given the complexity of these lesions, they are best characterized anatomically on catheter angiography where ...

Regional anesthesia numbs just the area where the surgery will occur. It can be administered as spinal (a single shot) or epidural (continuously administered via catheter) anesthesia. Studies have ...

You will have a catheter in your bladder (a flexible tube that is placed ... You will initially be able to manage your pain via IV or epidural pain medications—usually a person is able to control the ...

Scientists have developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce pain and disability for ...

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds.

PROVIDENCE — Katelyn Holt has been a nurse for over a decade. Throughout her career, she has noticed that the catheters her patients receive fall short. A few years ago, Holt was driving home ...