Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain

This comprehensive review covers the full and latest array of interventional techniques for managing chronic pain.  Chapters are grouped by specific treatment modalities that include spinal interventional techniques, nonspinal and peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic interventional techniques, soft tissue and joint injections, and implantables.  Practical step-by-step and evidence-based guidance is given to each approach in order to improve the clinician's understanding.  Innovative and timely, Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain is a critical resource for anesthesiologists, neurologists, and rehabilitation and pain physicians.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, ASIPP and SIPMS

Medical Director

Pain Management Center of Paducah

Clinical Professor

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

USA

Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD

Chairman, Program Director, and Professor

LSU Health Science Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Frank J.E. Falco, MD

Medical Director

Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians

Newark, Delaware

Adjunct Associate Professor

Temple University Medical School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

USA

Joshua A. Hirsch, MD

Vice Chief of Interventional Care

Service Line Chief of Interventional Radiology

Director of Interventional Neuroradiology

Chief of NeuroInterventional Spine Service

Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

USA