Interventional Pain Management

Brief Author Bio: (150 words limit per author/editor) Steven D Waldman is an internationally recognized expert and pioneer in the specialty of Pain Medicine. Dr Waldman has received numerous awards and honors and is the author of over twenty textbooks and numerous academic articles on the specialty of Pain Management. His main clinical work is as an interventional pain management physician as well as being an active member of the medical staff at Truman Medical Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He is a former President of the Society of Pain Practice Management (SPPM) Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Foreword, John D. Loeser, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, and Menno E. Sluijter SECTION I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. Imaging Techniques, Leland Lou and P. Prithvi Raj 2. Drugs Used in Interventional Techniques, James E. Heavner 3. Thermal and Pulsed Radiofrequency, Jan Van Zundert, Menno Sluijter, and Maarten van Kleef 4. Principles and Mechanisms of Cryoneurolysis, Leland Lou 5. Basic Risk Management for Interventional Procedures, Ken Braxton SECTION II. HEAD AND NECK 6. Somatic Blocks of the Head and Neck, Serdar Erdine, Gabor B. Racz, and Carl E. Noe 7. Sympathetic Blocks of the Head and Neck, Serdar Erdine 8. Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures of the Head and Neck, Michael Hammer, Carl E. Noe, Gabor B. Racz, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, and Carmen Pichot 9. Joint Blocks of the Head and Neck, Michael Hammer, Carl E. Noe, and Gabor B. Racz 10. Myofascial Blocks of the Head and Neck, Leland Lou and P. Prithvi Raj SECTION III. THORAX 11. Somatic Blocks of the Thorax, Steven D. Waldman 12. Sympathetic Blocks of the Thorax, Serdar Erdine and Gul Koknel Talu 13. Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures of the Thorax, Rcardo Ruiz-Lopez, Carmen Pichot and P. Prithvi Raj 14. Joint Blocks of the Thorax, John W. Nelson SECTION IV. LUMBAR REGION 15. Lumbar Somatic Blocks, Steven D. Waldman 16. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks, David Niv and Michael Gofeld 17. Lumbar Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures, Milton H. Landers, Rodney L. Jones, Richard M. Rosenthal, and Richard Derby 18. Lumbar Joint Blocks, Aaron K. Calodney 19. Lumbar Myofascial Blocks, Lee Ann Paradise, P. Prithvi Raj, and Jason Robert Fryer SECTION V. PELVIS 20. Pelvic Somatic Blocks, Steven D. Waldman 21. Pelvic Sympathetic Blocks, Serdar Erdine and Suleyman Ozyalcin 22. Pelvic Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures, Gabor B. Racz and Carl E. Noe 23. Sacroiliac Joint Blocks, Lee Ann Paradise and P. Prithvi Raj SECTION VI. Extremities 24. Somatic Blocks of the Upper Extremity, Lee Ann Paradise, Jason Robert Fryer, and P. Prithvi Raj 25. Joint Blocks of the Upper Extremity, Steven D. Waldman 26. Somatic Blocks of the Lower Extremity, STeven D. Waldman, Lee Ann Paradise, and P. Prithvi Raj 27. Joint Blocks of the Lower Extremity, Lee Ann Paradise, Maurizio Chiriva Internati, and P. Prithvi Raj SECTION VII. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 28. Percutaneous Stimulation Systems, Peter S. Staats 29. Intrathecal Drug Delivery System, Peter S. Staats 30. Epiduroscopy, James E. Heavner, Hemmo Bosscher, and Susan Adersen SECTION VIII. EMERGING TECHNIQUES 31. Percutaneous Therapeutic Procedures for Disc Lesions, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot 32. Vertebroplasty, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot 33. Balloon Kyphoplasty, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot 34. Cranial Stimulation, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot 35. Retrograde Pelvic Stimulation, Gabor B. Racz 36. Ultrasound Regional Extremity Techniques, Rose De Andres and Xavier Sala-Blanch 37. Interventional Pain Practice Equipment and Devices, Jose Rodriguez, Leland Lou, and Steven Loretez