A mother who has been suffering from back pains for the past 14 years after giving birth discovered that a broken epidural needle was stuck in her spine. The woman is now planning to file a lawsuit ...

After suffering from debilitating pack pain for more than a decade, Amy Bright finally discovered the source of her anguish, and it was pretty shocking. After going for a CT scan in September 2017, ...

You’ve probably heard of an epidural, but maybe not understood exactly how it works. Here’s the how, when, and why of using ...

A Florida woman is alleging malpractice after an x-ray revealed a broken needle was lodged in her spine, causing constant back and leg pain for the past 14 years. A Florida woman is alleging ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Back in 2003 Amy Garrison had part of a needle left in her spine after receiving an epidural at Naval Hospital Jacksonville. She lived with that broken needle in her body for 20 ...

The question of whether an epidural or spinal is advisable after spinal surgery does not appear to have been studied systematically. What we know and how we practice is based on case reports, most of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Amy Garrison lives on a quiet farm with her ...

As if the pain of labor isn't bad enough, a mom who has been experiencing constant back pain for over a decade just found out that the cause is a 3-centimeter long, broken anesthesia needle lodged in ...

The Raman4Clinics conference at Photonics Europe 2016 yesterday heard how a fine Raman probe fitted inside a standard “gauge 17” epidural needle can improve the positional accuracy of the injection of ...

Epidurals are generally very safe, but with the five layers of tissue through which the needle must pass, there is some opportunity for things to go awry. MIT scientists may be bringing a new level of ...

Pregnant women already have plenty to worry about. But now some doctors are pointing to another potential problem: tattoos. The issue is whether it's safe to stick a needle through a tattoo in the ...