CHAPTER 20 Periorbital Nerve Blocks (Supraorbital, Supratrochlear, and Infraorbital Nerves) Sanford Silverman INDICATIONS Blockade of the periorbital nerves (supraorbital, supratrochlear, and infraorbital) is useful for surgical anesthesia of the face,…
CHAPTER 28 Sacroiliac Joint Denervation by Using Simplicity III Sudhir Diwan and Nimish Davé INTRODUCTION The Simplicity III procedure is a technique to denervate the sacroiliac (SI) joint by creating…
CHAPTER 57 Intercostal Nerve Block Amitabh Gulati INTRODUCTION The intercostal nerve block was first described in 1907 by Heinrich Braun1 to treat acute and chronic pain of the posterior and…
CHAPTER 58 Supraclavicular and Infraclavicular Nerve Blocks David B. Albert, Robert Altman, and Lisa Doan SUPRACLAVICULAR NERVE BLOCK Indications The supraclavicular nerve block is ideal for pain of the upper…
CHAPTER 69 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Hardware Specifications Sudhir Diwan, Karina Gritsenko, and Neel Mehta INTRODUCTION Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) offers hope to the estimated 75 million people who suffer from…
CHAPTER 34 Percutaneous Radiofrequency Discectomy With Disk IT Samyadev Datta and Vikram B. Patel INTRODUCTION The low back pain remains a major burden for patients and health care providers. In…
CHAPTER 78 Chemical Neurolysis Michael M. Bottros and Michael A. Erdek INDICATIONS Neurolytic techniques have long been used in the treatment of pain. The underlying principle for neurolytic blocks is…
CHAPTER 26 Sacroiliac Joint Injections Sheetal Kerkar Patil, Honorio T. Benzon, and Sudhir Diwan OVERVIEW The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is the largest axial joint in the body with an abundance…
CHAPTER 61 Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block Gerard P. Varlotta and Anya Myers INTRODUCTION The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) is a purely sensory nerve from the lumbar plexus and…
CHAPTER 7 Local Anesthetics Christopher Voscopoulos and Mark J. Lema INTRODUCTION Local anesthetics (LAs) are used in many clinical scenarios that require the pain practitioner to be intimately familiar with…
