ATLAS OF PAIN MEDICINE PROCEDURES

This must-have resource presents an encyclopedic, yet focused visual survey of pain medicine, with a strong emphasis on procedural technique and safety. Throughout, you'll find detailed, evidence-based guidance on more than 70 pain medicine procedures--all supported by an illustrated presentation that includes 950 figures (many in full color). Chapters are consistently designed--covering indications, procedural steps, and complications--with the text presented in a succinct, bulleted style.

Atlas of Pain Medicine Procedures begins with an incisive review of basic applications such as safety and image guidance and then proceeds to core procedures, from spinal interventions and musculoskeletal injections to peripheral nerve blocks. The book also offers in-depth insights on ultrasound guidance as well as fluoroscopic guidance of procedures. The evidence-based focus ensures that the procedures and techniques discussed are grounded in the peer-reviewed medical literature and the very latest pain medicine perspectives.

Author comments
Sudhir A. Diwan, MD (New York, NY) is the Director of Pain Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Table of contents
ATLAS OF PAIN MEDICINE PROCEDURES - TOC BASIC APPLICATIONS Fluoroscopy Spinal anatomy Equipments, needles, catheters Radiofrequency Cryoneurolysis Chemical Neurolysis SPINAL INTERVENTIONS Epidural steroid injection: Interlaminar: Cervical, Thoracic, lumbar and caudal Transforaminal: Cervical, Thoracic and lumbar Facet Injections: Cervical, Thoracic and lumbar Intra-articular vs. medial branch injections Dorsal root Ganglion injections: Cervical, Thoracic and lumbar Atlanto-Occiptal joint injections Atlanto-axial joint injections Discograms: Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Intradiscal Procedures: Annuloplasty Nucleoplasty Sacroiliac joint injections Lysis of epidural adhesions Vertebroplasty Kyphoplasty PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS Occipital nerve blocks Trigeminal nerve blocks Supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves Ilio-inguinal and Ilio-hypogastric block Pudendal nerve block SYMPATHETIC GANGLION INJECTIONS Stellate ganglion block Thoracic (T2-T3) ganglion blocks Splanchnic nerves block Celiac plexus block Lumbar sympathetic block Hypogastric block Ganglion Impar injection INTRATHECAL DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Technical considerations Reservoir information Programmable vs. Fixed rate pumps Personal Therapy Manager (PTM) Anchoring of the catheter Pump placement NEUROAUMENTATION TECHNIQUES Hardware specifications: percutaneous vs. surgical leads Screening process Leads placement: Cervical Thoracic and lumbar Anterogarde vs. Retrograde lead placements MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF PAIN PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE