Full Description
The care of pain patients often requires a specialized knowledge base and skill set that goes beyond that of the general management of patients. Interventional Pain Medicine provides comprehensive, point-of-care information for providers of pain therapies in a portable, easy-to-navigate format. With continued advances made on interventions available to treat pain, this book offers up-to-date details and instructions on procedural techniques as well as concise yet informative discussions on anatomy, indications, preparation, and complications. Chapters are clustered into six different sections for easy review: Introduction, Cervical Spinal Injections, Lumbar Spinal Injections, Pelvic and Sacral Injections, Sympathetic Blocks, and Advanced Neuromodulation Interventions. A perfect resource for residents and fellows as well as a ready reference for practitioners, this book thoroughly covers the field of interventional management of pain patients.
Contents
Contributors ; Section 1: Introduction to Interventional Pain Management ; 1.1 Basic Anatomy of Spine ; 1.2 Pharmacologic Agents ; 1.3 Imaging of the Spine ; 1.4 Preparation for Procedure ; 1.5 Basic Surgical Skills ; Section 2: Cervical Spinal Injections ; 2.1 Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injection ; 2.2 Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Injection ; 2.3 Cervical Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation ; Section 3: Lumbar Spinal Injections ; 3.1 Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injection ; 3.2 Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Injection ; 3.3 Lumbar Medial Branch Block ; 3.4 Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation ; 3.5 Lumbar Discography ; 3.6 Trandiscal Biaculoplasty ; 3.7 Kyphoplasty ; 3.8 Percutaneous Discetomy ; Section 4: Pelvic and Sacral Injections ; 4.1 Caudal Epidural Injection ; 4.2 Caudal Adhesiolysis ; 4.3 Sacroiliac Joint Injection ; 4.4 Sacroiliac Radiofrequency Ablation ; Section 5: Sympathetic Blocks ; 5.1 Stellate Ganglion Block ; 5.2 Lumbar Sympathetic Block ; 5.3 Superior Hypogastric Block ; 5.4 Celiac Plexus Block ; Section 6: Advanced Neuromodulation Interventions ; 6.1 Spinal Cord Stimulation ; 6.2 Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems ; Index
