CHAPTER 6 Corticosteroids: Indications, Pharmacology, and Risks in Interventional Pain Management Carolyn Kim and Christopher Gharibo Corticosteroids have been a mainstay in the area of interventional pain management because of…
CHAPTER 29 Percutaneous Sacroplasty Harold Cordner and Michael E. Frey INTRODUCTION Sacral insufficiency fractures are a common, but often underdiagnosed source of low back pain in the elderly osteoporotic patient….
CHAPTER 11 Sedation for Interventional Pain Procedures Nancy Staats INTRODUCTION • Many patients with acute and chronic pain may require sedation for interventional pain procedures. • Patients may have extreme anxiety about…
CHAPTER 76 Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia Michael G. Kaplitt HISTORY Facial pain can be caused by a variety of factors, including but not limited to dental pathology, trauma, multiple…
CHAPTER 52 Trigger Point Injections Ricardo A. Nieves and Rinoo V. Shah INDICATIONS • Trigger point injections (TIs) are commonly used as a treatment option in patients with acute and chronic…
CHAPTER 47 Lumbar Sympathetic Block Joshua P. Prager SYMPATHETIC NERVE BLOCKS Indications Pain specialists use sympathetic nerve blocks for diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic, and therapeutic purposes (Table 47-1). Sympathetic nerve blocks…
CHAPTER 18 Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Samer Narouze INDICATIONS The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) is a large extracranial structure that has rich sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic innervations, which explains the autonomic features…
CHAPTER 10 Anticoagulation Guidelines Nirmala R. Abraham, Cathy D. Trame, and Sudhir Diwan INTRODUCTION Patients seeking interventional treatment for chronic pain can have a variety of medical problems. The aging…
CHAPTER 8 Botulinum Toxins Charles E. Argoff and Howard Smith BACKGROUND Botulinum toxins are neurotoxins produced by the gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, as well as C butyricum, C…
