Atlas of Interventional Pain Management

The New Edition of this practical, how-to-do-it atlas uses step-by-step, full-color illustrations and concise, bulleted text, to offer expert guidance on common interventional pain management techniques for all major anatomic sites. With over 20 new chapters, full color anatomical diagrams, clinical pearls, and a wealth of new images-including radiographs, CTs, and MRIs-the 2nd Edition provides the most up-to-date coverage of the safe and effective use of these techniques.

Shows practitioners how to perform each procedure with step-by-step illustrations and concise, bulleted text.

Presents interventional pain management techniques for the head, neck, upper and lower extremities, shoulder, thorax and chest wall, and back and pelvis.

Zeroes in on potential pitfalls and offers clinical pearls for all techniques.

Features 22 new chapters, including 7 on Radiofrequency Lesioning (Stellate Ganglion, Intercostal Nerve, Lumbar Sympathetic Ganglion Block, Medial Branch Block, Sacroiliac Joint, and Sphenopalatine Ganglion)

Cervical Medial Branch

Cervical Epidural Nerve Block-Transforaminal Approach

Selective Nerve Root Block-Cervical Nerves

Lumbar Epidural Nerve Block-Transforaminal Approach

Selective Nerve Root Block-Lumbar Nerves

Sacroiliac Joint Injection

Chymopapian Chemonecleolysis

Epiduralography

Epiduraloscopy

Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty

Percutaneous Intradiscal Nucleoplasty

Percutaneous Kyphoplasty

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation-Occipital Nerves

and more!

Explores hot topics such as Cervical Epidural Nerve Block-Translaminar Approach

Genitofemoral Nerve Block

Percutaneous Laser Discectomy

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation-Somatic Nerves

and Thoracic Epidural Nerve Block-Transforaminal Approach.

Includes over 100 new X-ray, CT, and MR images to ensure proper needle placement.

Discusses the latest neurodestructive chemical agents, plus the latest short needle techniques.

Includes the 2002 CPT codes.