Main description:

Here is the second, completely revised and updated edition of the successful practical guide to image-guided spine intervention. It contains revised text and images as well as new sections and chapters. The updated text thoroughly discusses both well-established and new interventions that are applied to the spine for the purpose of pain relief.

Contents:

Spine Anatomy.- Materials Used in Image-Guided Spine Interventions.- Patient Evaluation and Criteria for Procedure Selection.- The Surgeon's Perspective: Image-Guided Therapy and Its Relationship to Conventional Surgical Management.- Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy.- Discography.- Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy.- Epidural Injections for the Treatment of Spine-Related Pain Syndromes.- Pulsed Radiofrequency Procedures in Clinical Practice.- Facet Joint Injections and Sacroiliac Joint Injections.- Autonomic Nerve Blockade.- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty.- Implanted Drug Delivery Systems.- Endovascular Treatment of Vascular and Nonvascular Diseases of the Spine.- Kyphoplasty: Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty.- Sacroplasty.- Spinal Cord Stimulation: Uses and Applications.