Reducing Risks and Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures: A Volume in the Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management Series v. 5

Reducing Risks and Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on avoiding pitfalls and optimizing outcomes. Matthew Ranson, MD, Jason Pope, MD, and Richard Rauck, MD offer comprehensive, evidence-based advice on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com , you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips. By Matthew Ranson, Center for Pain Relief St. Francis Hospital Charleston, WV; Jason Pope, Napa Pain Institute, Napa, CA Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN and Timothy Deer, MD, President and CEO, The Center for Pain Relief Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia Table of Contents: Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation Complications of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Open Technique, Percutaneous Technique, and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation Complications of Cranial Nerve Stimulation Complications and Avoidance in Cranial Neuromodulation for Pain Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Complications of Therapeutic Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures Complications related to radiofrequency procedures for the treatment of chronic pain Complications of Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery Complications of nucleus replacement and motion-sparing technologies Complications of Spinal Injections and Surgery for Disc Herniation Complications of fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, and radiation safety Complications Associated with Head and Neck Blocks, Upper Extremity Blocks, Lower Extremity Blocks and Differential Diagnostic Blocks Complications of Epidural Injections Complications of Facet Joint Injections and Medial Branch Blocks Complications of Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Facet Syndrome Complications of Sacroiliac Joint Injection and Lateral Branch Blocks including Water-Cooled Rhizotomy Complications of Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Complications of Intra-articular Joint injections and Musculoskeletal Injections