Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Pain Management in Interventional Radiology: An Introduction; THE PROBLEM OF PAIN; PAIN IN MEDICINE AND SOCIETY; IR AND PAIN MANAGEMENT; USE OF INTRA-ARTERIAL LOCAL ANESTHETICS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 2 Clinical Evaluation of Low-Back Pain; INTRODUCTION; LUMBAR PAIN OVERVIEW; SELECT IR SPINAL PROCEDURES: A CLINICIAN'S PERSPECTIVE; PART I Locoregional Pain Control; 3 Local Anesthetics; 4 Functional Lumbar Spine Anatomy: A Review; 5 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty; 6 Kyphoplasty; 7 Epidural Steroid Injections
8 Selective Nerve Root Blocks9 Discography; 10 Facet (Zygapophyseal) Joint Injections; 11 Articular Interventions in Pain Management: A General Approach; 12 Percutaneous Management of Visceral Pain; 13 Embolization of Painful Neoplasms; 14 Image-Guided Ablation of Painful Osteolyses; 15 Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women; PART II Systemic Pain Control; 16 Sedation and Analgesia Medications; 17 Guidelines for Sedation Administered by
Summary
Practical overview of techniques used in the management of pain in interventional radiology suites
