This comprehensive review covers the full and latest array of interventional techniques for managing chronic pain. Chapters are grouped by specific treatment modalities that include spinal interventional techniques, nonspinal and peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic interventional techniques, soft tissue and joint injections, and implantables. Practical step-by-step and evidence-based guidance is given to each approach in order to improve the clinician’s understanding. Innovative and timely, Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain is a critical resource for anesthesiologists, neurologists, and rehabilitation and pain physicians.
Section I: Basic Considerations
Chapter 1. Evolution of Interventional Techniques
Chapter 2. Chronic Pain: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms
Chapter 3. Pharmacology and Clinical Relevance of Commonly Used Drugs
Chapter 4. Compliance and Documentation for Interventional Techniques
Chapter 5. Sedation for Interventional Techniques
Chapter 6. Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Therapy
Section II: Spinal Interventional Techniques
Chapter 7. Anatomy of the Spine for the Interventionalist
Chapter 8. Radiology of the Spine for the Interventionalist
Chapter 9. Fluoroscopy in Interventional Pain Management
Chapter 10. Needle Manipulation Techniques
Chapter 11. Lumbar Epidural Injections
Chapter 12. Thoracic Epidural Injections
Chapter 13. Cervical Epidural Injections
Chapter 14. Percutaneous Adhesiolysis
Chapter 15. Discography
Chapter 16. Percutaneous Lumbar
Thermal Annular Procedures
Chapter 17. Lumbar Percutaneous Mechanical Disc Decompression
Chapter 18. Sacroiliac Joint Interventions
Chapter 19. Lumbar Facet Joint Interventions
Chapter 20. Thoracic Facet Joint Interventions
Chapter 21. Cervical Facet Joint Interventions
Chapter 22. Atlanto-Occipital and Atlanto-Axial Joint Injections
Chapter 23. Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression
Chapter 24. Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Sacroplasty
Section III: Nonspinal and Peripheral Nerve Blocks
Chapter 25. Ultrasound Basics
Chapter 26. Trigeminal Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 27. Occipital Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 28. Suprascapular Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 29. Chest Wall Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 30. Abdominal Wall Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 31. Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 32. Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
Section IV: Sympathetic Interventional Techniques
Chapter 33. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
Chapter 34. Cervical and Thoracic Sympathetic Blocks
Chapter 35. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks and Neurolysis
Chapter 36. Hypogastric Plexus Blocks
Chapter 37. Ganglion Impar Blockade
Chapter 38. Celiac Plexus Blocks and Splanchnic Nerve Blocks
Section V: Soft Tissue and Joint Injections
Chapter 39. Trigger Point Injections
Chapter 40. Tendon Insertion, Tendon Sheath, and Bursa Injections
Chapter 41. Botulinum Toxin Injections for Chronic Pain
Chapter 42. Upper Extremity Joint Injections
Chapter 43. Lower Extremity Joint Injections
Section VI: Implantables
Chapter 44. Spinal Cord Stimulation
Chapter 45. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
Chapter 46. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
“This is a comprehensive book of interventional techniques commonly used to treat chronic pain conditions. It is well illustrated and, best of all, it makes an honest attempt to provide strength of evidence for each intervention. … This is one of a number of books on interventional techniques, but none focuses on anatomy as much as this one does and none include the level of evidence for each procedure. This alone makes this book worth buying and reading.” (Tariq M. Malik, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2018)
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, ASIPP and SIPMS
Medical Director
Pain Management Center of Paducah
Paducah, Kentucky
Clinical Professor
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
USA
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD
Chairman, Program Director, and Professor
Department of Anesthesia
LSU Health Science Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
USA
Frank J.E. Falco, MD
Medical Director
Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians
Newark, Delaware
Adjunct Associate Professor
Temple University Medical School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD
Vice Chief of Interventional Care
Service Line Chief of Interventional Radiology
Director of Interventional Neuroradiology
Chief of NeuroInterventional Spine Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
USA
This comprehensive review covers the full and latest array of interventional techniques for managing chronic pain. Chapters are grouped by specific treatment modalities that include spinal interventional techniques, nonspinal and peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic interventional techniques, soft tissue and joint injections, and implantables. Practical step-by-step and evidence-based guidance is given to each approach in order to improve the clinician’s understanding. Innovative and timely, Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain is a critical resource for anesthesiologists, neurologists, and rehabilitation and pain physicians.
Comprehensive textbook of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain
Covers spinal interventional techniques, peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic interventional techniques, soft tissue and joint injections and implantables
Step-by-step guidance backed up by the latest evidence
