Comprehensive Atlas Of Ultrasound-Guided Pain Management Injection Techniques - Hardcover

Waldman, Steven

9781451186703: Comprehensive Atlas Of Ultrasound-Guided Pain Management Injection Techniques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1451186703 ISBN 13: 9781451186703

Publisher: LWW, 2014

Comprehensive Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Pain Management Injection Techniques depicts in crisp, step-by-step detail how to prepare and perform injections under ultrasound guidance. Over 160 ultrasound-guided injection techniques are depicted in short, easy to review chapters with hundreds of full color photographs and illustrations. The accompanying website presents many of these techniques in video. Coverage includes techniques for head, neck, shoulder, elbow and forearm, wrist and hand, chest wall, trunk and abdomen, low back, hip and pelvis, knee and lower extremity, and foot and ankle.
Visualizing patient anatomy and correlating it to ultrasound output is a crucial skill for these procedures, and is clearly demonstrated with anatomical illustrations placed side-by-side with ultrasound images. Transducer positioning and proper needle angle are also clearly demonstrated in illustrations, photographs, and in video accompanying the text. .
This text demonstrates the ease and utility of ultrasound in a comprehensive, aesthetically pleasing layout. Images are oversized for viewing ease and text is direct, succinct, and easy to read.
FEATURES:

Each technique will illustrate the relevant anatomy
Each technique is accompanied by full-color illustrations and photographs
Uses a step-by-step, how-to approach to describe each technique
Accompanying videos further illustrate the techniques

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Review:

'The book is written in a very easy and plain text. The chapters are short and to the point'
'very easy to use when needed in a busy practice'
-Doodys Publishers' Club, Friday, April 11, 2014
'undoubtedly the product of exhaustive research, distillation of the academic literature and medical texts, and years of clinical experience and expertise'
'excellent medical resource that should help to further the application of ultrasound in pain medicine.'
'The organization of the book is clear, concise, and high yield, allowing for rapid consultation during a busy clinic day.'
'Text has relevance for multiple disciplines to include anesthesiologists, orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, rheumatologists, and sports medicine physicians, among other specialties.'
'Dr Waldman has contributed yet another comprehensive interventional pain management textbook to the everchanging field of pain medicine that will undoubtedly serve as a reference for physicians for years to come.'

M. Gabriel Hillegass, III, MD, Anthony A. Tucker, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine , Volume 39, Number 5, September-October 2014

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