Practical Atlas of Ultrasound for Anesthesia in Chronic Pain

The use of ultrasound to help clinicians specializing in the treatment of chronic pain has expanded greatly over recent years; this illustrated text from a team of experts gives both the experienced practitioner and the trainee a state-of-the-art course in safe and effective techniques. Summarizing the essential information concisely, each chapter presents a practical and visual summary of the nerve blocks indicated as an indispensable atlas resource for a pain management clinic.

CONTENTS

Foreword

List of contributors

1. Physics and General Principles of Ultrasound – Ike Eriator, Devin Reed, Blake Sowers, Stephen J. Holt, and Oscar Alam Mendez. 2. How to set up a chronic pain practice with ultrasound – Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Karla Gabriella Borbolla-Garcia, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 3. Anticoagulant Considerations in Ultrasound Guided Pain Blocks – Chelsi J. Flanagan, Alan D. Kaye, Rene Przkora, Timothy Feldheim, and Eric Hsu. 4. Billing Considerations for Ultrasound Procedures for Chronic Pain – Brian E Bernhardt. 5. Ultrasound Guided Greater Occipital Nerve Block – Kevin Lui Kot, Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille Fontaine. 6. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Trigeminal Nerve Block – Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 7. Stellate Ganglion Block – Johnny Tran and Karina Gritsenko. 8. Scalene and Pectoralis Injections for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome – Broussard B, Flores B, Hsu E, Weinberg AD, and Eng MR. 9. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Phrenic Nerve Block for Recurrent Hiccups – Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 10. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block – Johnson P, Modi D, Rakesh N, and Gulati A. 11. Sphenopalatine/Pterygopalatine Ganglion Block – Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Cameron Smith, and Rene Przkora. 12. Suprascapular Nerve Block – Milan Patel, Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Sudhir Diwan, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 13. Axillary Nerve Block – Merlyn George, Karina Gritsenko, and Elilary Montilla Medrano. 14. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Median nerve block – Karina Gritsenko and Moorice Caparo. 15. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Ulnar Nerve Block – Karina Gritsenko and Ray Dhall. 16. Radial Nerve Block – Islam R, Flores B, and Eng MR. 17. Intercostal Nerve Blocks – Channing Twyner, Stephen J. Holt, Hammad Baig, and Ike Eriator. 18. Paravertebral Nerve Block – Daniel Camras, Anna Roth, Christina McGrath, Karina Gritsenko, and Vikram Bhasin. 19. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block – Christine J Ha, Kathryn Briedenbach, Karina Gritsenko, and Sofia Steinberg. 20. Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Chronic Pain – Anusha Kallurkar, Jibin Mathew, and Alan D. Kaye. 21. Ilio-inguinal Nerve Block for Chronic Pain – Anusha Kallurkar, Eric Hsu, and Alan D. Kaye. 22. Genitofemoral Nerve Block – Devas J Modi, P Johnsonα, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 23. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block – Karina Gritsenko, Melinda Aquino, and Oluremi Ojo. 24. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block – Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 25. Cluneal Nerve Block – Milan A. Patel, Ankur B. Patel, John Prunskis, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 26. Ultrasound Guided Pudendal Nerve Block – Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille G Fontaine. 27. Piriformis Muscle Injection – James Walker Sturdivant, Casey Orzechowicz, Henry J. Sioufi, Walker John Robison, and Ike Eriator. 28. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block – Jay Darji, Ludovica Stilli, Karina Gritsenko, Naum Shaparin. 29. Femoral Nerve Block – David Kowal, Han Ling, Karina Gritsenko, and Preeti Anand. 30. Saphenous Nerve Block – Milan Patel, Mayank Gupta, Samir Sheth, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 31. Genicular Nerve Blocks – Abhinav Gangasani, Han Ling, and Karina Gritsenko. 32. Popliteal sciatic nerve block – Varsha Allampalli, Matthew Sharpe, and Naina Singh. 33. Sural, Tibial, Superficial Peroneal Nerve Blocks – Milan Patel, Philippe Mavrocordatos, Miguel De La Garza, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 34. Spinals/Epidurals – Neuraxial Blocks – Peyton Johnson, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 35. Shoulder Joint Injection – Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 36. Hip Joint Injection – Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 37. Knee Joint Injections – Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 38. Cervical Medial Branch Block – Ultrasound Guided – Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Omar Solis-Valades, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 39. Thoracic Facet Joints: Medial Branch Injections – Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Paul Alejandro Medina-Rascon, Jesus Medina-Rascon, and Sudhir Diwan. 40. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block – Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Jocelyn Reyes-Armendariz, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 41. Cryoneurolysis under Ultrasound – Andrea Trescot. 42. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Ivan Samcam, and Rene Przkora.

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