MILD is an outpatient medical procedure used to treat leg and low back pain caused by lumbar spinal stenosis. As patients age multiple elements of the spine become arthritic; one specific arthritic change is thickening of the ligamentum flavum, which is a ligament found just behind the spinal canal. The ligamentum flavum, which stands for […]
What is Minuteman surgery? The “Minuteman” surgery is an implant device designed to increase the spaces in the lumbar spine for the nerve roots, as well as to stabilize the alignment between lumbar vertebral bodies. It is commonly referred to as posterior arthrodesis in medical terminology, which refers to the fusion-stabilization between two lumbar vertebral […]
An intercostal nerve block is an injection used to help treat the pain stemming from the mid back and radiating forward across the sides of your ribs and toward your chest. Intercostal nerve blocks work well for intercostal neuralgia. These nerves supply pain sensation to muscles and skin around the ribs and vertebrae. For this […]
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to help patients who have compression fractures in their spine. The bones of your spine are called vertebrae, and when a single one breaks, the bone may collapse and cause deformity, height loss, and pain. These fractures in your vertebrae, and the bones of your spine, can come […]
Healthcare claims are often denied by insurance companies due to reasons of incorrect information provided, lack of medical necessity, or failure to meet some criteria. In all these cases, patients can inform their problems through writing a letter of appeal. It may be a complicated process and does not fulfill the necessary points and all […]
The dorsal root ganglion is a cluster of nerve cells that are present along the nerve roots as they exit the spinal cord. These nerves carry sensory fibers and transmit sensations such as pain, touch, and temperature from the body to the spine and brain. Thus, they help in the brain’s perception of what happens […]
