Offering practical and experience-based perspectives from authorities in a range of disciplines including anesthesiology, pain medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, rheumatology, and sports medicine, Minimally Invasive Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine:

• supplies reader-friendly tables for a clear understanding of the indications, administration, and dose scheduling of medications for musculoskeletal pain relief
• considers the most recent approaches to direct spinal injections, including cervical and lumbar discography
• discusses current nonsurgical discogenic interventions, botulinum injections for neuromuscular problems, trigger point injections, viscosupplementation, pharmacologic strategies, and cutting-edge approaches with ultrasound, CT, and fluoroscopy
• covers not only spinal pain, but pain occurring in the joints, soft tissue, and in bodily structures affected by cancer and disease

Contents

1. The Pharmacology of Low Back Pain. Office Based Injections
2. Viscosupplementation
3. The Utilization of Trigger Points in Myofascial Pain Syndromes
4. Accupuncture
5. Botulinum Toxin in Pain, Spasticity and Dystonia
6. Joint Injections Under Radiologic Guidance
7. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Interventions
8. Musculoskeletal Percutaneous Biopsies
9. Image Guided Thermoablation Applications in Musculoskeletal Disorders
10. Sacroiliac Joint Injections
11. Cervical and Lumbar Zygapophyseal Joint Disease and Interventions
12. Epidural Steroid Injections
13. Cervical Discography
14. Lumbar Discography
15. IDET and other Percutaneous Disc Procedures

Index

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