Full Description
The use of ultrasound to help clinicians specializing in the treatment of chronic pain has expanded greatly over recent years; this illustrated text from a team of experts gives both the experienced practitioner and the trainee a state-of-the-art course in safe and effective techniques. Summarizing the essential information concisely, each chapter presents a practical and visual summary of the nerve blocks indicated as an indispensable atlas resource for a pain management clinic.
Contents
Foreword
List of contributors
1. Physics and General Principles of Ultrasound. 2. How to set up a chronic pain practice with ultrasound. 3. Anticoagulant Considerations in Ultrasound Guided Pain Blocks. 4. Billing Considerations for Ultrasound Procedures for Chronic Pain. 5. Ultrasound Guided Greater Occipital Nerve Block. 6. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Trigeminal Nerve Block. 7. Stellate Ganglion Block. 8. Scalene and Pectoralis Injections for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. 9. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Phrenic Nerve Block for Recurrent Hiccups. 10. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block. 11. Sphenopalatine/Pterygopalatine Ganglion Block. 12. Suprascapular Nerve Block. 13. Axillary Nerve Block. 14. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Median nerve block. 15. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Ulnar Nerve Block. 16. Radial Nerve Block. 17. Intercostal Nerve Blocks. 18. Paravertebral Nerve Block. 19. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block. 20. Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Chronic Pain. 21. Ilio-inguinal Nerve Block for Chronic Pain. 22. Genitofemoral Nerve Block. 23. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block. 24. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block. 25. Cluneal Nerve Block. 26. Ultrasound Guided Pudendal Nerve Block. 27. Piriformis Muscle Injection. 28. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block. 29. Femoral Nerve Block. 30. Saphenous Nerve Block. 31. Genicular Nerve Blocks. 32. Popliteal sciatic nerve block. 33. Sural, Tibial, Superficial Peroneal Nerve Blocks. 34. Spinals/Epidurals - Neuraxial Blocks. 35. Shoulder Joint Injection. 36. Hip Joint Injection. 37. Knee Joint Injections. 38. Cervical Medial Branch Block - Ultrasound Guided. 39. Thoracic Facet Joints: Medial Branch Injections. 40. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block. 41. Cryoneurolysis under Ultrasound. 42. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.
Index.
