Intercostal Nerve Block
CHAPTER 57 Intercostal Nerve Block Amitabh Gulati INTRODUCTION The intercostal nerve block was first described in 1907 by Heinrich Braun1 to treat acute and chronic pain of the posterior and…
Supraclavicular and Infraclavicular Nerve Blocks
CHAPTER 58 Supraclavicular and Infraclavicular Nerve Blocks David B. Albert, Robert Altman, and Lisa Doan SUPRACLAVICULAR NERVE BLOCK Indications The supraclavicular nerve block is ideal for pain of the upper…
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Hardware Specifitoc-authortions
CHAPTER 69 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Hardware Specifications Sudhir Diwan, Karina Gritsenko, and Neel Mehta INTRODUCTION Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) offers hope to the estimated 75 million people who suffer from…
Percutaneous Radiofrequency Discectomy With Disk IT
CHAPTER 34 Percutaneous Radiofrequency Discectomy With Disk IT Samyadev Datta and Vikram B. Patel INTRODUCTION The low back pain remains a major burden for patients and health care providers. In…
Chemical Neurolysis
CHAPTER 78 Chemical Neurolysis Michael M. Bottros and Michael A. Erdek INDICATIONS Neurolytic techniques have long been used in the treatment of pain. The underlying principle for neurolytic blocks is…
Sacroiliac Joint Injections
CHAPTER 26 Sacroiliac Joint Injections Sheetal Kerkar Patil, Honorio T. Benzon, and Sudhir Diwan OVERVIEW The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is the largest axial joint in the body with an abundance…
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block
CHAPTER 61 Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block Gerard P. Varlotta and Anya Myers INTRODUCTION The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) is a purely sensory nerve from the lumbar plexus and…
Local Anesthetics
CHAPTER 7 Local Anesthetics Christopher Voscopoulos and Mark J. Lema INTRODUCTION Local anesthetics (LAs) are used in many clinical scenarios that require the pain practitioner to be intimately familiar with…
Viscosupplements and Steroid Injections
CHAPTER 51 Viscosupplements and Steroid Injections Jennifer Solomon and Vijay Vad INTRODUCTION Steroids and viscosupplements (VS) are two commonly injected substances used to provide mobility of and relief to osteoarthritic…
Endoscopic Discectomy
CHAPTER 37 Endoscopic Discectomy Sudhir Diwan, Kiran Patel, Kenneth Chapman, and Vikram B. Patel INTRODUCTION Endoscopic discectomy is a minimally invasive treatment for disc herniation, protrusion, or extrusion. The goal…
