Injection Therapy of the Cervical Spine

A series of injections of cervical spinal nerve analgesics, complemented by one or two cervical epidural injections, is the focus of the injection therapy of the cervical spine. Facet infiltrations, occipital nerve infiltrations, and trigger point infiltrations are added to this treatment program according to the indications and the presenting symptoms.

Injection treatment of the cervical spine entails a higher risk than injections in other sections of the vertebral column because of its location close to the proximal spinal cord and pleura. It is therefore advisable for the procedures to be radiographically monitored, as is the case for cervical epidural injections. Despite the many possible complications, injection therapy at the cervical spine is an alternative to complex decompression surgery, even more so than in the lumbar spine, as cervical decompression surgery is always accompanied by fusion or intervertebral disk replacement at the affected cervical spine segment.