Developed under the guidance of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society's Standards Division and edited by Professor Nikolai Bogduk, internationally renowned and respected expert in clinical anatomy and back pain, the IPSIS Practice Guidelines for Spinal Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures, Second Edition is the comprehensive compendium on spinal interventions — a must read for anyone performing interventional spine procedures.

Although the new Technical Manual and Atlas of Interventional Pain and Spine Procedures provides the most current recommendations on procedural performance, the Second Edition of the Guidelines remains the ultimate reference for an illuminating review of procedural rationale and supporting literature. At the end of each chapter, the reader is provided with an invaluable list of references that establish the original evidence base for the most commonly performed interventional spine procedures.

The book is divided into five sections:

PRECEPTS

• Sedation
  
• Intravenous Lines
  
• Records
  
• Anticoagulants
  
• Principles of Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy

CERVICAL PROCEDURES

• Lateral Atlanto-Axial Joint Access
  • Lateral Atlanto-Axial Joint Blocks
  • Intra-articular Injection of Steroids
    
    
• Cervical Zygapophysial Joint Intra-articular Access
  
  • Applications of Cervical Zygapophysial Joint Intra-articular Access
    
    
• Cervical Medial Branch Blocks
  
  
• Third Occipital Nerve Blocks
  
  
• Cervical Medial Branch Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy
  
  • Efficacy of Cervical Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy
    
    
• Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Access
  • Insertion of Electrodes
  • Insertion of Catheters
  • Cervical Epidural Steroids
    
    
• Cervical Transforaminal Access
  • Cervical Spinal Nerve Blocks
  • Cervical Transforaminal Injection of Steroids
    
    
• Cervical Disc Stimulation (Provocation Discography)
  
  
• An Algorithm for the Conduct of Cervical Synovial Joint Blocks

THORACIC PROCEDURES

• Thoracic Disc Access
  
  • Thoracic Disc Stimulation and Discography
    
    
• Thoracic Transforaminal Access
  • Applications of Thoracic Transforaminal Access
    
    
• Thoracic Zygapophysial Intra-articular Access
  • Applications of Thoracic Zygapophysial Joint Access
    
    
• Thoracic Medial Branch Blocks

LUMBAR PROCEDURES

• Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Access
  
  • Applications of Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Access
    
    
• Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Access
  • Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
    
  • Transdiscal Biacuplasty
    
  • Lumbar Disc Stimulation
    
  • Lumbar Discogenic Pain
    
    
• Lumbar Transforaminal Access
  •  Lumbar and Sacral Spinal Nerve Blocks
  • Lumbar and Sacral Transforaminal Injection of Steroids
  • Transforaminal Injection of Etanercept
    
    
• Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Access
  • Lumbar Epidural Steroids
    
    
• Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks
  
  
• Lumbar Medial Branch Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy
  • Efficacy of Lumbar Medial Branch Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy
    
    
• An Algorithm for the Investigation of Low Back Pain

SACRAL PROCEDURES

• Sacroiliac Joint Access
  • Sacroiliac Joint Blocks
    
  • Sacroiliac Intra-articular Injection of Steroids

From defining the procedures and discussing indications to addressing needle placement and outcomes assessment, the softbound Practice Guidelines for Spinal Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures, Second Edition is a definitive text on interventional spine procedures.

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IPSIS Member: $200
Medical Student, Fellow, and Resident IPSIS Members:  $100 (Limit 1)

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