Spinal Injections & Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Spinal Injections & Peripheral Nerve Blocks - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on when and why these procedures should be performed, the mechanisms of action on pain, and current guidelines for practice. Honorio Benzon, MD; Marc Huntoon, MD; and Samer Nauroze, MD offer expert advice and scientific evidence supporting the use of spinal injections and sympathetic nerve blocks. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com and procedural videos on Expert Consult, you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips. Marc Huntoon , Chair, Division of Pain Medicine Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Rochester, MN; Honorio Benzon , MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Medical School; Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Samer Nauroze , MD, Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program Director, Center for Neurological Restoration Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH and Timothy Deer , MD, President and CEO, The Center for Pain Relief Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia Table of Contents: Section I: General Considerations Chapter 1: History of Spine Injections Chapter 2: Therapeutic Agents for Spine Injection: Local Anesthetics, Steroids, Contrast Media Chapter 3: Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, CT, and Radiation Safety Section II: Peripheral Nerve Blocks Chapter 4: Differential Diagnostic Nerve Blocks Chapter 5: Head and Neck Blocks Chapter 6: Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Blockade Chapter 7: Lower Limb Blocks Chapter 8: Cervical and Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks Chapter 9: Nerve destruction for the alleviation of visceral pain Chapter 10: Peripheral Applications of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain   Section III: Injections for Back Pain Chapter 11: Therapeutic Epidural Injections: Interlaminar & Transforaminal Chapter 12: Facet (zygapophyseal) Intraarticular Joint Injections: Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic Chapter 13: Medial Branch Blocks: Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Chapter 14: Radiofrequency rhizotomy for facet syndrome Chapter 15: Sacroiliac joint injections and lateral branch blocks including water-cooled neurotomy Chapter 16: Pulsed Radiofrequency Chapter 17: Discogenic Pain and Discography for Spinal Injections Chapter 18: Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures for the treatment of discogenic lower back and leg pain Chapter 19: Vertebral Augmentation Chapter 20: Ultrasound-guided lumbar spine injections Chapter 21: Ultrasound-guided Cervical Spine Injections Chapter 22: Musculoskeletal Injections: Iliopsoas/quadratus lumborum, piriformis, trigger point injections Chapter 23: Ultrasound and Fluoroscopic Guided Joint Injections