Interventional Pain Center of Chesterfield is a fully accredited free standing surgery center.
It is currently a single specialty center specializing in pain
management procedures. Interventional Pain Center of Chesterfield is accredited by Medicare and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC/Accreditation Association). Our status as an AAAHC accredited organization is an important milestone in the continuing growth and success of our health care organization and allow us to provide an extra measure of confidence to the community we serve. We have an unwavering commitment to providing the highest levels of quality care to our patients.
The patient is placed in the best position to access the site. The patient may be lying on the back, side, or stomach, or sometimes sitting up straight on an x-ray table so that the physician can best visualize the back, neck, etc using x-ray guidance. The skin is scrubbed using a surgical prep. Next, the physician numbs a small area of skin with numbing medicine. This medicine stings for several seconds. After the numbing medicine has been given time to be effective, the physician guides a small needle, using x-ray guidance into position. A small amount of contrast dye may be injected to insure proper needle position.
Procedures takes anywhere between 5 minutes to an hour.
Patients are brought back to a room to rest
and vital signs are taken. Patients will then be given discharge
instructions before leaving. You may be asked to return to
your doctor's office or make another appointment for another
injection. If necessary, an appointment will be made for follow up with your physician. There may be a brief increase in soreness in the area of the injection or rarely, a temporary increased soreness of the arms or legs. Ice can help to reduce the pain.
In many cases patients may eat normally before the procedure and patients
may not need a driver to accompany them to the surgery center; patients may drive following the procedure. Patients may take their routine medications (high blood pressure pills and diabetic medications). **If a patient is on
Coumadin, Plavix, or other blood thinners, or if the patient is a diabetic, they must notify the office.
Coumadin, Plavix, and other blood thinners will generally need to be stopped seven (7) days prior to certain injections, and if the patient is a diabetic, they may notice a temporary rise in blood sugar following steroid injections.
If IV sedation is not given, you may be permitted to return to work or drive. In some situations, you may be able to resume normal activities the same day. Patients who receive sedation should not drive or operate machinery for 24 hours. Patients should, however, refrain from heavy labor, or extreme physical activities that may stress the neck or back for 24 hours following the injection.
Your treatment plan will be personalized according to your
diagnosis and health needs.
