Atlas of Image-Guided Intervention in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

by James P. Rathmell

Overview

This atlas is a practical guide for practitioners who perform interventional procedures with radiographic guidance to alleviate acute or chronic pain. The author provides an overview of each technique, with detailed full-color illustrations of the relevant anatomy, technical aspects of each treatment, and a description of potential complications. For this revised and expanded Second Edition, the author also discusses indications for each technique, as well as medical evidence on the technique's applicability. The new edition features original drawings by a noted medical artist and for the first time includes three-dimensional CT images that correlate with the radiographic images and illustrations for a fuller understanding of the relevant anatomy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451154429
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication date:	03/14/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Foreword xiii

SECTION I: BASIC TECHNIQUES, RADIATION SAFETY, AND PHARMACOLOGY
1. Basic Techniques for Image-Guided Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
2. Radiation Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3. Radiographic Contrast Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4. Pharmacology of Agents Used During Image-Guided Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

SECTION II: SPINAL INJECTION TECHNIQUES
5. Interlaminar Epidural Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
6. Transforaminal and Selective Nerve Root Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
7. Facet Injection: Intra-articular Injection, Medical Branch Block, and
Radiofrequency Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
8. Sacroiliac Joint Injection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
9. Lumbar Discography and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

SECTION III: SYMPATHETIC AND PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS
10. Stellate Ganglion Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
11. Celiac Plexus Block and Neurolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
12. Lumbar Sympathetic Block and Neurolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
13. Superior Hypogastric Block and Neurolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
14. Intercostal Nerve Block and Neurolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

SECTION IV: IMPLANTABLE DEVICES
15. Implantable Spinal Drug Delivery System Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
16. Spinal Cord Stimulation System Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183