Table of Contents

Section-A: Basics: Interventional Pain Management Understanding of Basis of Radiological Imaging Radiological Anatomy of Spine Understanding of Radiological Imaging for Pain Physician Role of Electrodiagnosis in the Management of Pain Pharmacotherapy of Drugs used in Interventional Pain Treatment Procedures Radio Frequency Ablation: Physical Principals and Mode of Action Section-B: Documentation and Protocols Informed Consent for Interventional Pain Procedures Role of Investigations in Interventional Pain Treatment Procedures (Iptps) Protocol for Interventional Pain Procedures: A Suggested Format Evaluation of Chronic Pain Patient Stimulation Guided Pain Mapping Section -C: Head and Neck Trigeminal Nerve Block Maxillary Nerve Block Mandibular Nerve Block Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Glosso Pharyngeal Nerve Block Stellate Ganglion Block Occipital Nerve Stimulation Section D: Chest and Thorax Supra Scapular Nerve Block Inter Costal Nerve Block Intra Pleural Block Section E: Abdomen and Pelvis Coeliac Plexus Block Splanchnic Nerve Block Lumbar Sympathetic Block Hypogastric Plexus Block Ganglion of Impar Block Section F: Spine and Back Cervical Epidural Block (Inter Laminar Approach) Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Block Cervical Medial Branch Blocks and Radiofrequency Neurotomy Cervical Median Branch Block Lumbar and Caudal Epidural Blocks Lumbar Facet and Median Branch Block Lumbar Pexus Block Thoracic Paravertebral Block Sacroliac Joint Radiofrequency Denervation Coccygeal Nerve Block Obturator Nerve Block Piriformis Muscle and Tendon Block Popliteal Block of the Sciatic Nerve Ileo Inguinal Nerve Block Genicular Nerve Block and RF for Knee Pain Section-G: Advanced Pain Management Percutaneous Adhesiolysis for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome and Other Applications Epiduroscopy for Patients with Lumbosacral Radicular Pain Spinal Cord Stimulation Discography IDET Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty Nucleoplasty Ozone Nucleolysis Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy Intrathecal Implantable devices Subarachnoid or Intrathecal Neurolysis Percutaneous Cervical Cordotomy for Cancer Pain Radio Frequency Ablation of Spinal Metastasis Section H- USG Guided Procedures USG vs Fluoroscopy Guidance in Interventional Pain Management Introduction to US Guided Blocks US Guided Greater Occipital and Third Ocipital Nerve Block US Guided Cervical MBB US Guided Shoulder Injections US Guided Thoracic Para Vertebral blocks US Guided Lumbar Median Branch Block US Guided Sacro Ileac Joint Block US Guided Hip Injections US Guided Blocks Knee Injections Section I -Alternate Therapies Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) or Dry Needling (DN) Myofascial Pain Syndrome & Trigger Point Injections

About the Author

Dwarkadas K Baheti MD Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Physician, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Sanjay Bakshi MD President, Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine, New York, United States Sanjeev Gupta MBBS MD Dip NB FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA Consultant, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom Raghbirsingh P Gehdoo MD DA Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India