CHAPTER 9 Infection: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management Dawood Sayed and Sudhir Diwan INTRODUCTION Prevention of infection in patients undergoing interventional procedures remains a top priority of the interventional pain physician….
CHAPTER 17 Trigeminal Ganglion and Nerve Block Miles Day and Kenneth D. Candido INTRODUCTION Blockade of the trigeminal ganglion and/or its peripheral branches is a useful technique that can benefit…
CHAPTER 43 Thoracic (T2-3) Ganglion Block Michael Stanton-Hicks INTRODUCTION The functional separation of the vagi (vagal nerves) and sympathetic trunks can be attributed to Estienne (1544),1 but it was Winslow…
CHAPTER 46 Celiac Plexus Block Using Fluoroscopic Guidance Kenneth D. Candido, Peter S. Staats, Corey W. Hunter, and Sudhir Diwan INDICATIONS The celiac (coeliac) plexus (CP) is a group of…
CHAPTER 16 Cervical Nerve Root Blocks Stanley Golovac INTRODUCTION The use of cervical root blocks can be used both diagnostically and/or therapeutically. In certain conditions, a nerve root block can…
CHAPTER 74 Occipital Nerve Stimulation Erich O. Richter, Marina V. Abramova, and Kenneth M. Alo INTRODUCTION Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a neurological disorder that commonly involves the greater occipital and…
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…
