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Imaging Services - Patient Instructions
Sympathetic Nerve Block
A sympathetic nerve block involves injecting medicine around the sympathetic nerves to either temporarily or permanently reduce or eliminate pain.
Some medications may increase the risk of bleeding after your procedure. Please check with your doctor about possibly holding medications such as aspirin, Coumadin (warfarin), Ticlid, Pletal, Aggrenox, Plavix and NSAIDs, such as naproxen and ibuprofen, before your procedure. Please hold these medications as directed. You may resume your medications the day after your procedure.
On the day of your procedure, you will first be assessed in the Outpatient Services department. You must arrange for a driver to take you home after the procedure.
During the procedure, your skin will be cleaned and then numbed with medicine. The doctor will direct a small needle, using x-ray guidance, to the area of the sympathetic nerves. Medication is then injected into the area.
After the procedure, you will return to the Outpatient Services where you will be watched for four hours before leaving. Rest for the remainder of the day. You may resume your normal activity the next day. Notify your doctor if you have any signs of infection at the injection site, such as redness, drainage, tenderness or if you run a fever.
Providing safe, quality patient care is our highest priority. To help ensure quality and safety, we ask that you do not bring young children with you to your appointments, as children are not allowed to accompany you during Imaging procedures. Staff is unable to monitor your child in your absence.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your doctor or contact Imaging Services at (320) 255-5619.
Your appointment is on:
Date: ________________ Time: ________________ at the following location:
____ St. Cloud Hospital - please check in at Door A
____ CentraCare Health Plaza - please check in at Woodlands Entrance
Contact Us
St. Cloud Hospital
Imaging Services
1406 Sixth Avenue North
St. Cloud, MN 56303
320-255-5619 |
CentraCare Health Plaza
Imaging Services
1900 CentraCare Circle
St. Cloud, MN 56303
320-229-4914 |
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