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.

Foreword, John D. Loeser, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, and Menno E. Sluijter

SECTION I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

1. Imaging Techniques, Leland Lou and P. Prithvi Raj

2. Drugs Used in Interventional Techniques, James E. Heavner

3. Thermal and Pulsed Radiofrequency, Jan Van Zundert, Menno Sluijter, and Maarten van Kleef

4. Principles and Mechanisms of Cryoneurolysis, Leland Lou

5. Basic Risk Management for Interventional Procedures, Ken Braxton

SECTION II. HEAD AND NECK

6. Somatic Blocks of the Head and Neck, Serdar Erdine, Gabor B. Racz, and Carl E. Noe

7. Sympathetic Blocks of the Head and Neck, Serdar Erdine

8. Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures of the Head and Neck, Michael Hammer, Carl E. Noe, Gabor B. Racz, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, and Carmen Pichot

9. Joint Blocks of the Head and Neck, Michael Hammer, Carl E. Noe, and Gabor B. Racz

10. Myofascial Blocks of the Head and Neck, Leland Lou and P. Prithvi Raj

SECTION III. THORAX

11. Somatic Blocks of the Thorax, Steven D. Waldman

12. Sympathetic Blocks of the Thorax, Serdar Erdine and Gul Koknel Talu

13. Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures of the Thorax, Rcardo Ruiz-Lopez, Carmen Pichot and P. Prithvi Raj

14. Joint Blocks of the Thorax, John W. Nelson

SECTION IV. LUMBAR REGION

15. Lumbar Somatic Blocks, Steven D. Waldman

16. Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks, David Niv and Michael Gofeld

17. Lumbar Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures, Milton H. Landers, Rodney L. Jones, Richard M. Rosenthal, and Richard Derby

18. Lumbar Joint Blocks, Aaron K. Calodney

19. Lumbar Myofascial Blocks, Lee Ann Paradise, P. Prithvi Raj, and Jason Robert Fryer

SECTION V. PELVIS

20. Pelvic Somatic Blocks, Steven D. Waldman

21. Pelvic Sympathetic Blocks, Serdar Erdine and Suleyman Ozyalcin

22. Pelvic Spinal Neuroaxial Procedures, Gabor B. Racz and Carl E. Noe

23. Sacroiliac Joint Blocks, Lee Ann Paradise and P. Prithvi Raj

SECTION VI. Extremities

24. Somatic Blocks of the Upper Extremity, Lee Ann Paradise, Jason Robert Fryer, and P. Prithvi Raj

25. Joint Blocks of the Upper Extremity, Steven D. Waldman

26. Somatic Blocks of the Lower Extremity, STeven D. Waldman, Lee Ann Paradise, and P. Prithvi Raj

27. Joint Blocks of the Lower Extremity, Lee Ann Paradise, Maurizio Chiriva Internati, and P. Prithvi Raj

SECTION VII. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

28. Percutaneous Stimulation Systems, Peter S. Staats

29. Intrathecal Drug Delivery System, Peter S. Staats

30. Epiduroscopy, James E. Heavner, Hemmo Bosscher, and Susan Adersen

SECTION VIII. EMERGING TECHNIQUES

31. Percutaneous Therapeutic Procedures for Disc Lesions, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot

32. Vertebroplasty, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot

33. Balloon Kyphoplasty, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot

34. Cranial Stimulation, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez and Carmen Pichot

35. Retrograde Pelvic Stimulation, Gabor B. Racz

36. Ultrasound Regional Extremity Techniques, Rose De Andrés and Xavier Sala-Blanch

37. Interventional Pain Practice Equipment and Devices, Jose Rodríguez, Leland Lou, and Steven Loretez

By P. Prithvi Raj, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Co-Director of Pain Services, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, International Pain Institute, Lubbock, TX; Leland Lou, MD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, International Pain Institute, Lubbock, TX; Serdar Erdine, MD, Professor, Department of Algology, Medical Faculty of Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey; Peter S. Staats, MD, Professor, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD, Director, Pain Consortium of Greater Kansas City, Leawood, KS; Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO; Gabor Racz, MD, Grover E. Murray Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Co-Director of Pain Services, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine, International Pain Institute, Lubbock, TX; Michael Hammer, MD, Medical Director, The Hammer Center for Pain Management, Birmingham, AL; David Niv, MD, Director, Multidisciplinary Center for Pain Medicine and Pain Rsearch Laboratory, Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD, Director, Traramiento del Dolor, Clinica del Dolor de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; and James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, Profesor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Physiology, Director, Anesthesia Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX