CHAPTER 59 Cervical Radicular Pain: Injection Procedures Jason S. Lipetz INTRODUCTION This chapter will review the literature pertaining to the use of epidural space steroid injection (ESI) in the treatment…
CHAPTER 102 Fusion Surgery Andrew Perry, Choll W. Kim, Steven R. Garfin INTRODUCTION Fusion has been used for decades to manage a variety of spinal disorders. However, the incidence of…
CHAPTER 45 Kyphoplasty Daisuke Togawa, Isador H. Lieberman INTRODUCTION The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that over 100 million people worldwide, and nearly 30 million in the United States, are at…
CHAPTER 125 Biomechanics of the Spine in Sport Lisa M. Bartoli, Robert S. Gotlin INTRODUCTION The spine is a complex design of bony and soft tissues, allowing the human form…
CHAPTER 106 Epidural Adhesiolysis Miles Day, Rinoo Shah, James Heavner, Gabor Racz INTRODUCTION Chances are each of us will experience low back pain at some point in our lives. The…
CHAPTER 58 Rehabilitation Methods in Cervical Radicular Pain David A. Lenrow, Jeffrey Ostrowski Treatment of cervical radiculopathy spans the spectrum from medication and activity modulation through surgical decompression. Treatment recommendations…
CHAPTER 112 Functional Restoration Program Characteristics in Chronic Pain Tertiary Rehabilitation Tom G. Mayer INTRODUCTION After most surgical and nonoperative primary and secondary treatment approaches have been exhausted, the majority…
CHAPTER 44 Vertebroplasty Michael J. DePalma, Curtis W. Slipman OVERVIEW Fracture of the intervertebral body represents structural failure of its osseous components, causing compression deformity.1 Although compression fractures can be…
CHAPTER 21 Radiation Safety – Theory and Practical Concerns Robert E. Windsor, Mathew Michaels INTRODUCTION Interventional pain management and spinal diagnostic procedures may require substantial amounts of ionizing radiation and…
CHAPTER 31 Intrathecal Therapies and Totally Implantable Drug Delivery Systems Mouchir Harb, Elliot S. Krames INTRODUCTION The discovery of opioid receptors in 19711 and their subsequent isolation in nerve tissue…
