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

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