Description
A panel of world-renowned experts presents a complete course on evaluating and treating patients with back pain, including interventional spinal procedures, spinal imaging, and the clinical evaluation of the spine patient. The authors focus on all the critical spinal procedures, ranging from such traditional methods as selective nerve root blocks, epidural injections, facet injections, sacroiliac joint injections, to such state-of-the art techniques as spinal biopsy, percutaneous vertebroplasty, spinal imaging, nucleoplasty, discography, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, and transcatheter therapy for tumors of the spine. Additional material is provided on basic spinal anatomy, CT, MRI, the nuclear medicine of the spine, and the pharmacology of the medications used in injection procedures. I. Spinal Anatomy, Imaging, and Clinical Evaluation Spinal Anatomy Robert M. DePhilip and J. Kevin McGraw Computed Tomography of the Spine Stephen F. Futterer Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine Eiran Mandelker, Gretchen G. Cordero, Dennis H. Son, and J. Kevin McGraw Nuclear Medicine of the Spine John E. Baumert, Jr. Clinical Evaluation of the Spine Patient L. Mark Dean II. Interventional Spinal Procedures History and Overview of Spinal Procedures J. Kevin McGraw Pharmacology of Medications Used in Spinal Injection Procedures John A. Lippert Selective Nerve Root Blocks Dennis J. Griffin Epidural Steroid Injections Dennis J. Griffin Facet Joint Injections Jeffrey M. Boorstein and J. Kevin McGraw Sacroiliac Joint Injections Jeffrey M. Boorstein and J. Kevin McGraw Discography John A. Carrino and J. Kevin McGraw Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain Jeff S. Silber, J. Kevin McGraw, and John A. Lippert Spinal Biopsy Techniques Thomas M. Davis Percutaneous Vertebroplasty David F. Kallmes, Mary E. Jensen, and J. Kevin McGraw Transcatheter Therapy for Tumors of the Spine Peter J. Pema and Ronald F. Budzik Index
