Interventional Radiology of the Spine: Image-Guided Pain Therapy

Author: J. Kevin McGraw
Published: January 2004
Publisher: Humana Press
ISBN: 1588291987
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 244

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Interventional radiology traditionally involved the treatment of vascular disease, but has grown to include nonvascular intervention and, recently, the treatment of spinal disorders. In Interventional Radiology of the Spine: Image-Guided Pain Therapy, 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. Authoritative and comprehensive, Interventional Radiology of the Spine: Image-Guided Pain Therapy offers both the practicing radiologist and the pain management specialist a complete guide to the effective use of minimally invasive, image-guided spinal techniques in the treatment of back pain.

Written for practicing interventional and diagnostic radiologists, 16 chapters introduce and describe procedures related to spinal pain and therapeutics. Presented by McGraw (of Riverside Radiological Associates in Columbus, OH), the chapters first discuss spinal anatomy, imaging, and clinical evaluation. Eleven chapters then describe a variety of interventional spinal procedures, including nerve root blocks, epidural steroid injections, joint injections, discography, spinal biopsy, percutaneous vertebroplasty, and transcatheter therapy for tumors of the spine.

Table of Contents:

Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1 Spinal Anatomy 3
2 Computed Tomography of the Spine 21
3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine 41
4 Nuclear Medicine of the Spine 65
5 Clinical Evaluation of the Spine Patient 73
6 History and Overview of Spinal Procedures 93
7 Pharmacology of Medications Used in Spinal Injection Procedures 101
8 Selective Nerve Root Blocks 119
9 Epidural Steroid Injections 127
10 Facet Joint Injections 137
11 Sacroiliac Joint Injections 143
12 Discography 149
13 Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain 167
14 Spinal Biopsy Techniques 181
15 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty 197
16 Transcatheter Therapy for Tumors of the Spine 215
Index 225

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