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When getting a cesi, cervical epidural steroid injection, for c5-c6 and c6-c7, does the injection go directly in to those spots?

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Dr. John Goldman answered

Yes: The steroids go into the spinal canal, and the solution floats to each of the sites that is being treated. This is how the treatment is planned to work

Answered 3/9/2015

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Dr. William Jenkins answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

Yes the doctor : will determine where those spots are located and place the medicine

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A member asked:

When getting a cesi, cervical epidural steroid injection, for c5-c6 and c6-c7, does the injection go directly in to those spots?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. John Goldman answered

Dr. William Jenkins answered

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