Specialties & Procedures

Our facility was designed with one objective: to give each patient the ultimate experience in same day surgical procedures with unrivaled quality of care. Riverside Surgical Center is fully equipped with state-of-the-art technology to perform a number of Interventional Pain Management tests and procedures.

Note that this facility focuses on the specialty of pain management only.

 

Specialties & Procedures

Anesthesia Services

  • Local Anesthesia
  • Moderate Sedation (requires separate request form and ACLS certification for providers or RN supervision)
  • Supervision of CRNA
  • Supervision of RN for Conscious Sedation
  • Deep Sedation/General Sedation

Joint & Soft Tissue Interventions

  • Intra-articular Injections: Hip, Knee, Shoulder, Ankle
  • Peripheral Joint Injections & Aspiration (small, intermediate, major joints)
  • Soft Tissue Injections: Ligaments, Tendons, Bursa, Muscles, Fascia (including trigger points)
  • Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections

Minimally Invasive Spine & Joint Procedures

  • Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation/Vertebroplasty
  • Balloon Kyphoplasty
  • Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD Procedure)
  • Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Infusion and Arthrodesis (e.g., Nevro, TransLoc)
  • Intraosseous Nerve Ablation (Intracept Procedure)
  • Interspinous Fixation with or without Fusion (e.g., Inspan)
  • Insertion of Interspinous Stabilization/Distraction Devices (e.g., Vertiflex, Superion)
  • Interlaminar and Trransformational Approaches

Nerve Blocks

  • Peripheral Nerve Blocks (Ilioinguinal, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous, Pudendal)
  • Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
  • Cranial Nerve Blocks (Occipital, Trigeminal)
  • Intercostal (Costal) Nerve Blocks
  • Plexus Blocks (Celiac, Brachial, Hypogastric)
  • Ganglion Blocks (Stellate, Ganglion of Impar)
  • Intrathecal Injections and Intrathecal Opioids
  • Re-injection of Intrathecal Catheter

Neurostimulation & Implantable Devices

  • Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) Trial
  • Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Trial & Implantation
  • Implantation of Neurostimulator Electrodes and Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG)
  • Epidural Neurostimulator Electrode Placement and Generator Implant (SCS/DRG)
  • Revision/Removal of Electrodes or IPG
  • Intrathecal Pump Trial
  • Intrathecal Catheter and Reservoir (Pump) Implantation
  • Pump Implantation and Revision/Removal
  • Puncture of Reservoir

Spinal and Epidural Procedures

  • Epidural Injections (steroid, anesthetic, or other): Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral/Caudal
  • Interlaminar, Transforminal, and Nerve Root Sheath Injections
  • Facet Joint Injections and Medial Branch Blocks
  • Paravertebral Facet/Medial Branch Nerve Injections: Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar
  • Radiofrequency Neuroablation
  • Intradiscal Injections (e.g., provocative discography, PRP)
  • Spinal Intra-articular Injections (e.g., C1-2, SI joints)
  • Percutaneous Lysis of Epidural Adhesions (Racz Procedure)
  • Epidural Blood Patch