Services & Procedures
Interventional Pain Management
Southern Surgical Center specializes in care for patients with challenging conditions and the treatment of acute, sub-acute, and chronic muscle & nerve pain.
Primary Focus
Southern Surgical Center’s primary focus is to provide comprehensive pain care originating from spine and various musculoskeletal sources while fulfilling a responsibility to enrich the field of interventional spine & pain care. Board-certified in this specialty & employing the most advanced treatment techniques, we work one-on-one with patients who suffer from chronic and acute pain to determine the best treatment plan for relieving symptoms and allowing resumption and enjoyment of everyday activities. As Interventionalists, we utilize thorough history and physical examinations, supported with various imaging studies, electrodiagnostic evaluations, and targeted x-rays guided interventional procedures to accurately diagnose and effectively treat painful spinal and musculoskeletal conditions. Our approach to patient care addresses spine biomechanics, pathophysiology, neurophysiology, mechanism of injury, and adjustment to injury & painful conditions.
Treatment
Treatment is provided by utilizing medications, therapy and a variety of Interventional procedures.
Services & Procedures
We provide a wide range of services and procedures to better assist you. On your initial visit, our staff will review your medical history in order to better evaluate your pain problem. This will also include a diagnostic evaluation which can include laboratory, neurological, and radiology testing.
Services & procedures that we offer include:
Axillary Brachial Plexus Block
Celiac Plexus Block
Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
Cervical Transforaminal Epidural
Steroid InjectionCervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Costovertebral Block
Epidural Steroid Injection
Facet Joint Injections
Fascia Iliaca Block
Intercostal Nerve Blocks
Intradiscal Electrothermal
Therapy (IDET)Intrathecal Pump Implant
Kyphoplasty
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Discography (Discogram)
A discogram is a diagnostic procedure done to determine if the disk degeneration or herniation seen on a CT or MRI is significant enough to require surgery. -
Lumbar Epidural
Steroid Injection
Epidural steroid injections are minimally invasive procedures done in pain management in an attempt to introduce into the epidural space antiinflammatory medications that are highly potent and close to the site of the inflammatory process and the source of the patient’s pain generation. Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Lumbar Sympathetic Block
Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural
Steroid InjectionMedial Branch Block
Myelography (Myelogram)
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Occipital Nerve Blocks
Occipital nerve blocks are done to treat occipital neuralgia. Occipital neuralgia is headache-mediated through the posterior cranial mass, running on the posterior aspect of the head, into the scalp region, and producing constant head pain and headaches, due to pathology often presented to the pathological spine region. Percutaneous Disc Nucleoplasty
Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant
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Stellate Ganglion Block
Stellate ganglion block is a procedure that attempts to block the sympathetic activity in the upper extremity and achieve pain relief. -
Superion® InterSpinous
Spacer (Vertiflex)
This is an implant that lifts and separates your vertebrae. It’s used to treat lumbar spinal stenosis. That’s a narrowing of the space around your spinal nerves in your lower back. The Superion implant makes more room for these nerves, relieving painful compression. -
Trigger Point Injections
Trigger point injections are used to treat myofascial pain syndromes. They are also used to treat areas of inflammatory process where tendons and muscles may attach to bones as well as lateral epicondylitis, lateral collateral ligament of the knee, or medical collateral ligament of the knee that is inflamed. -
Thoracic Epidural
Steroid Injection
Epidural steroid injections are minimally invasive procedures done in pain management in an attempt to introduce into the epidural space antiinflammatory medications that are highly potent and close to the site of the inflammatory process and the source of the patient’s pain generation.