Atlas of Image-Guided Intervention in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

This atlas is designed to serve as a practical guide for practitioners who perform various treatments for acute or chronic pain with the assistance of radiographic guidance. The author provides an overview of each technique, with detailed illustrations of the relevant anatomy, technical aspects of each treatment, and a description of the complications associated with these modalities. For this revised and expanded Second Edition, the author also discusses indications for each technique, as well as medical evidence on the technique's applicability. The book features original drawings by a noted medical artist and includes three-dimensional CT images with reconstruction to familiarize the pain specialist with normal anatomy. Main Features: • New! 3D CT with reconstruction • New! Dual lead placement, i.e. cervical and lumbar placement • New! Intra-articular injections of the knee and hip • New! Updated radiation safety guidelines • Combination of anatomical diagrams with radiological images • Detailed descriptions of patient positioning for each procedure • Strong emphasis on the imaging James P Rathmell MD Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA