Items Tagged ‘block’
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Surgeons Use Ultrasound, Not to Find a Baby, but a Nerve

Dr. Christopher J. Winfree of The Center for Peripheral Nerve Surgery and his colleagues describe in a paper, soon to be published in the journal Neurosurgery, how the innovative use of ultrasound can guide surgeons in the placement of a pain relieving device for a patient with intractable foot pai...
Posted on Oct 31, 2009 by Department Author In Peripheral Nerve Featured -
Selective Nerve Root Block (SNRB)
A selective nerve root block (SNRB) is an injection that delivers medication into the space around spinal nerve roots. The goals of this tre...