PRACTICAL ATLAS OF ULTRASOUND FOR ANESTHESIA IN CHRONIC PAIN

Foreword

List of contributors

1. Physics and General Principles of Ultrasound - Ike Eriator, Devin Reed, Blake Sowers, Stephen J. Holt, and Oscar Alam Mendez. 2. How to set up a chronic pain practice with ultrasound - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Karla Gabriella Borbolla-Garcia, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 3. Anticoagulant Considerations in Ultrasound Guided Pain Blocks - Chelsi J. Flanagan, Alan D. Kaye, Rene Przkora, Timothy Feldheim, and Eric Hsu. 4. Billing Considerations for Ultrasound Procedures for Chronic Pain - Brian E Bernhardt. 5. Ultrasound Guided Greater Occipital Nerve Block - Kevin Lui Kot, Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille Fontaine. 6. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Trigeminal Nerve Block - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 7. Stellate Ganglion Block - Johnny Tran and Karina Gritsenko. 8. Scalene and Pectoralis Injections for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Broussard B, Flores B, Hsu E, Weinberg AD, and Eng MR. 9. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Phrenic Nerve Block for Recurrent Hiccups - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 10. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block - Johnson P, Modi D, Rakesh N, and Gulati A. 11. Sphenopalatine/Pterygopalatine Ganglion Block - Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Cameron Smith, and Rene Przkora. 12. Suprascapular Nerve Block - Milan Patel, Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Sudhir Diwan, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 13. Axillary Nerve Block - Merlyn George, Karina Gritsenko, and Elilary Montilla Medrano. 14. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Median nerve block - Karina Gritsenko and Moorice Caparo. 15. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Ulnar Nerve Block - Karina Gritsenko and Ray Dhall. 16. Radial Nerve Block - Islam R, Flores B, and Eng MR. 17. Intercostal Nerve Blocks - Channing Twyner, Stephen J. Holt, Hammad Baig, and Ike Eriator. 18. Paravertebral Nerve Block - Daniel Camras, Anna Roth, Christina McGrath, Karina Gritsenko, and Vikram Bhasin. 19. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block - Christine J Ha, Kathryn Briedenbach, Karina Gritsenko, and Sofia Steinberg. 20. Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Chronic Pain - Anusha Kallurkar, Jibin Mathew, and Alan D. Kaye. 21. Ilio-inguinal Nerve Block for Chronic Pain - Anusha Kallurkar, Eric Hsu, and Alan D. Kaye. 22. Genitofemoral Nerve Block - Devas J Modi, P Johnsona, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 23. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block - Karina Gritsenko, Melinda Aquino, and Oluremi Ojo. 24. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 25. Cluneal Nerve Block - Milan A. Patel, Ankur B. Patel, John Prunskis, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 26. Ultrasound Guided Pudendal Nerve Block - Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille G Fontaine. 27. Piriformis Muscle Injection - James Walker Sturdivant, Casey Orzechowicz, Henry J. Sioufi, Walker John Robison, and Ike Eriator. 28. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block - Jay Darji, Ludovica Stilli, Karina Gritsenko, Naum Shaparin. 29. Femoral Nerve Block - David Kowal, Han Ling, Karina Gritsenko, and Preeti Anand. 30. Saphenous Nerve Block - Milan Patel, Mayank Gupta, Samir Sheth, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 31. Genicular Nerve Blocks - Abhinav Gangasani, Han Ling, and Karina Gritsenko. 32. Popliteal sciatic nerve block - Varsha Allampalli, Matthew Sharpe, and Naina Singh. 33. Sural, Tibial, Superficial Peroneal Nerve Blocks - Milan Patel, Philippe Mavrocordatos, Miguel De La Garza, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 34. Spinals/Epidurals – Neuraxial Blocks - Peyton Johnson, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 35. Shoulder Joint Injection - Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 36. Hip Joint Injection - Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 37. Knee Joint Injections - Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 38. Cervical Medial Branch Block – Ultrasound Guided - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Omar Solis-Valades, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 39. Thoracic Facet Joints: Medial Branch Injections - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Paul Alejandro Medina-Rascon, Jesus Medina-Rascon, and Sudhir Diwan. 40. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Jocelyn Reyes-Armendariz, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 41. Cryoneurolysis under Ultrasound - Andrea Trescot. 42. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation - Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Ivan Samcam, and Rene Przkora.

Index

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.