Pain Management in Interventional Radiology

Practical overview of techniques used in the management of pain in interventional radiology suites.

Charles E. Ray, Jr. (Edited by)

9780521865920, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 April 2008

344 pages, 167 b/w illus. 51 tables
26 x 18.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.87 kg

As interventionalists become more involved with patients as care providers rather than solely as proceduralists, understanding and treating pain is a vital part of daily practice. This book provides an overview of the multiple techniques used in the management of pain in interventional radiology suites. Topics include techniques for the treatment and prevention of pain caused by interventional procedures, as well as minimally invasive techniques used to treat patients with chronic pain symptoms. Approximately half of the book is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of spinal pain; other chapters focus on intraprocedural and post-procedural pain management, embolization and ablation techniques used to treat patients with uncontrollable pain, and alternative treatments for pain relief. This book is a practical resource for anyone looking to acquire skills in locoregional or systemic pain control and wishing to improve the quality of life for patients undergoing procedures or suffering from disease-related pain.

1. Pain management in interventional radiology: an introduction Jason R. Bauer and Charles E. Ray, Jr.
2. Clinical evaluation of low back pain Anthony Dwyer, Curt Freudenberger and Vikas Patel
Part I. Locoregional Pain Control: 3. Local anesthetics Jan Namyslowski
4. Functional lumbar spine anatomy: a review Anthony P. Dwyer, Curt Freudenberger, Vikas Patel, Michael Fleisher and Charles E. Ray, Jr.
5. Percutaneous vertebroplasty Mitchell T. Smith and Charles E. Ray, Jr.
6. Kyphoplasty Frances D. Faro, Anthony Dwyer and Vikas V. Patel
7. Epidural steroid injections Brian Peterson
8. Selective nerve root blocks Brian Peterson, Kirkland W. Davis and James Choi
9. Discography Charles E. Ray, Jr. and Leo J. Rothbarth
10. Facet (zygapophyseal) joint injections Nick Stence
11. Articular interventions in pain management: a general approach Blaze Cook
12. Percutaneous management of visceral pain Frank Morello
13. Embolization of painful neoplasms Jennifer R. Huddleston and Stephen P. Johnson
14. Image-guided ablation of painful osteolyses David T. Wang and Charles E. Ray, Jr.
15. Chronic pelvic pain in women Derek L. West
Part II. Systemic Pain Control: 16. Sedation and analgesia medications George Behrens, Hector Ferral and Nilesh H. Patel
17. Guidelines for sedation administered by non-anesthesiologists Iftikhar Ahmad
18. Pediatric sedation for radiological imaging studies Keira P. Mason
19. Nontraditional pain management in interventional radiology Salomao Faintuch, Gloria Maria Martinez Salazar, Felipe B. Collares and Elvira V. Lang
20. Post-procedural pain control Stan Zipser.

Subject Areas: Medical imaging [MMP], Intensive care medicine [MMKL], Pain & pain management [MMBP], Anaesthetics [MMB]