Interventional Pain Management: Image-Guided Procedures with DVD - Hardcover

Raj MD, P. Prithvi; Heavner DVM PhD, James E.; Staats MD, Peter S.; Erdine MD, Serdar; Waldman MD JD, Steven D.; Lou MD, Leland; Racz MD, Gabor; Hammer MD, Michael; Niv MD, David; Ruiz-Lopez MD, Ricardo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416038442 ISBN 13: 9781416038443

Publisher: Saunders, 2008

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and reorganized, this 2nd edition offers you meticulous how-to-do-it guidance on performing today’s top radiographically guided regional anesthesia and pain management techniques. Renowned experts explain how to make optimal use of fluoroscopy, MRI, and CT to pinpoint the exact anatomic site for each procedure...and a DVD of video clips shows you how to perform it most effectively.

• Provides fluoroscopic, MR, and CT images coupled with distinct line drawings for each procedure to ensure proper positioning and easy application of techniques.
• Offers easy-to-follow step-by-step descriptions addressing every aspect of patient positioning, the use of radiographic solutions for tissue-specific enhancement, and correct techniques for anesthesia/analgesia administration so you can be sure your patient will be pain free throughout the procedure.
• Discusses possible complications to help you avoid mistakes.
• Includes descriptions of procedures for each image guided technique as well as the approaches available for such imaging so you can choose the correct procedure for every patient.

• Features two new sections Advanced Techniques and Emerging Techniques, incorporates new procedures into the upper and lower extremity and head and neck chapters, and revises all other chapters substantially to put you on the cusp of the latest advances in the field.
• Includes a DVD of video clips demonstrating proper patient positioning and difficult procedures showing you exactly how to proceed.
• Uses nearly 1,600 crisp illustrations, 50% new to this edition, to illuminate every concept.
• Presents a complete reorganization by body region and focused content to help you get to the information you need quickly.

About this title

Book Description:

Perfect your image-guided pain management techniques

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416038442
• ISBN 13: 9781416038443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640