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Pain management: is an epidural injection in the lumbar spine the same thing as a nerve block? nerve block different than a denervation?

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Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered

Yes: the point is to block the nerve….(at least like when a woman is giving birth)….sometimes there may be steroids given to help reduce inflammation of the nerve

Answered 9/6/2015

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A member asked:

Pain management: is an epidural injection in the lumbar spine the same thing as a nerve block? nerve block different than a denervation?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Jeffrey Kass answered

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