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

Paducah, Kentucky

Clinical Professor

Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

USA

Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD

Chairman, Program Director, and Professor

Department of Anesthesia

LSU Health Science Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

USA

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

Section I: Basic Considerations.- Chapter 1. Evolution of Interventional Techniques.- Chapter 2. Chronic Pain: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms.- Chapter 3. Pharmacology and Clinical Relevance of Commonly Used Drugs.- Chapter 4. Compliance and Documentation for Interventional Techniques.- Chapter 5. Sedation for Interventional Techniques.- Chapter 6. Antithrombotic and Antiplatelet Therapy.- Section II: Spinal Interventional Techniques.- Chapter 7. Anatomy of the Spine for the Interventionalist.- Chapter 8. Radiology of the Spine for the Interventionalist.- Chapter 9. Fluoroscopy in Interventional Pain Management.- Chapter 10. Needle Manipulation Techniques.- Chapter 11. Lumbar Epidural Injections.- Chapter 12. Thoracic Epidural Injections.- Chapter 13. Cervical Epidural Injections.- Chapter 14. Percutaneous Adhesiolysis.- Chapter 15. Discography.- Chapter 16. Percutaneous Lumbar Thermal Annular Procedures.- Chapter 17. Lumbar Percutaneous Mechanical Disc Decompression.- Chapter 18. Sacroiliac Joint Interventions.- Chapter 19. Lumbar Facet Joint Interventions.- Chapter 20. Thoracic Facet Joint Interventions.- Chapter 21. Cervical Facet Joint Interventions.- Chapter 22. Atlanto-Occipital and Atlanto-Axial Joint Injections.- Chapter 23. Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression.- Chapter 24. Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Sacroplasty.- Section III: Nonspinal and Peripheral Nerve Blocks.- Chapter 25. Ultrasound Basics.- Chapter 26. Trigeminal Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 27. Occipital Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 28. Suprascapular Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 29. Chest Wall Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 30. Abdominal Wall Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 31. Upper Extremity Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 32. Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis.- Section IV: Sympathetic Interventional Techniques.- Chapter 33. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks.- Chapter 34. Cervical and Thoracic Sympathetic Blocks.- Chapter 35. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks and Neurolysis.- Chapter 36. Hypogastric Plexus Blocks.- Chapter 37. Ganglion Impar Blockade.- Chapter 38. Celiac Plexus Blocks and Splanchnic Nerve Blocks.- Section V: Soft Tissue and Joint Injections.- Chapter 39. Trigger Point Injections.- Chapter 40. Tendon Insertion, Tendon Sheath, and Bursa Injections.- Chapter 41. Botulinum Toxin Injections for Chronic Pain.- Chapter 42. Upper Extremity Joint Injections.- Chapter 43. Lower Extremity Joint Injections.- Section VI: Implantables.- Chapter 44. Spinal Cord Stimulation.- Chapter 45. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems.- Chapter 46. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.