Dr. Wei Lan is a Consultant Pain Physician
Dr. Lan has weekly pain procedure lists in the UPMC Whitfield Hospital Waterford and Aut Even Hospital, Kilkenny, all the procedures are performed safely in the operating theatre.
Interventional pain procedures performed:
X-Ray guided procedures
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Facet joint injections (cervical spine, thoracic spine and lumbar spine areas)
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Selective nerve root injections
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Epidural injections
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Sacroiliac joint injections
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Hip joint injections
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Knee joint injections
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Intercostal nerve blocks
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Ganglion Impar block
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Lumbar sympathetic plexus blocks
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Pudendal nerve block
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Piriformis muscle injection
Ultrasound guided procedures
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Trigger point injections to muscular structures, tendons and nerve fibers
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Botox injections to muscular structures and soft tissues
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Peripheral nerve blocks
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Shoulder joint injections
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Occipital nerve blocks
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Genicular nerve injections for osteoarthritis of knee
Advanced procedures
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Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of facet joints medial branch nerves, peripheral nerve fibers and selected nerve roots
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Radiofrequency thermal lesioning denervation treatment (Rhizotomy) of facet joints medial branch nerves
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Sacroiliac joints denervation
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RACZ procedure (Epiduralysis) in lumbar spine
Regenerative Medicine: Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections
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Chronic tendon injuries such as tennis elbow and Achilles tendonitis, jumper’s knee, or patellar tendon pain.
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Acute injuries such as pulled hamstrings or knee sprains.
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Postsurgical repair to repair torn tendons such as in a rotator cuff tendon or ACL.
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Osteoarthritis.
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Peripheral nerve injury repair