Epidural Adhesiolysis
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…
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Rehabilitation Methods in Cervical Radicular Pain
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…
Functional Restoration Program Characteristics in Chronic Pain Tertiary Rehabilitation
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…
Vertebroplasty
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…
Radiation Safety – Theory and Practical Concerns
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…
Intrathecal Therapies and Totally Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
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…
Disc Replacement
CHAPTER 131 Disc Replacement Richard D. Guyer, Donna D. Ohnmeiss INTRODUCTION Maintaining motion has long been the quest in the treatment of painful spinal disorders. Movement of the neck and…
Biomechanics and Assessment of the Painful Shoulder
CHAPTER 49 Biomechanics and Assessment of the Painful Shoulder Mark I. Ellen, Faisel M. Zaman INTRODUCTION During the routine assessment and treatment of ‘neck pain’ the physician treating spinal disorders…
Percutaneous Discectomy
CHAPTER 84 Percutaneous Discectomy Conor W. O’Neill, John Carrino, Cynthia Chin INTRODUCTION Percutaneous discectomy is a method for treating disc herniations. There are two basic types of percutaneous discectomy: selective…
Percutaneous Disc Decompression
CHAPTER 85 Percutaneous Disc Decompression Curtis W. Slipman, Klaus Birnbaum, Victor W. Isaac INTRODUCTION An increase in intradiscal pressure resulting from age, disease, or injury may alter the balance between…
