Nerve Blockade and Interventional Therapy

Part I. Introduction
1. Interventional Pain Treatment Using Nerve Block: Usefulness and Perspectives
2. Interventional Treatments and Nerve Blocks

Part II. Overview
3. Definition
4. Purpose
5. Method for Evaluating Pain
6. Diagnosis
7. Apparatus
8. Drugs Used
9. Neurodestruction and Stimulation Approach

Part III. Feature of Each Technique
10. Landmark Method (Blind Method)
11. X-ray Fluoroscopy-Guided Method
12. Ultrasound-Guided Method
13. CT-Guided Method
14. ME-Guided Method

Part IV. Head
15. Trigeminal Nerve Block
16. Gasserian Ganglion Block (Percutaneous Radiofrequency Trigeminal Rhizotomy)
17. Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block
18. Editors’ Comment

Part V. Neck
19. Occipital Nerve Block (Landmark, Ultrasound-Guided)
20. Phrenic Nerve Block
21. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block (Landmark, Ultrasound-Guided)
22. Stellate Ganglion Block
23. Brachial Plexus Block (Landmark, Ultrasound-Guided, and Fluoroscopy-Guided Methods)
24. Editors’ Comment

Part VI. Shoulder and Upper Extremity
25. Suprascapular Nerve Block
26. Dorsal Scapular Nerve Block (Landmark Method)
27. Axillary Nerve Block (Ultrasound-Guided Method)
28. Peripheral Nerve Block of Upper Limb
29. Shoulder
30. Shoulder Joint Block and Pumping (X-Ray-Guided)
31. Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of Shoulder Articular Branches (X-Ray-Guided)
32. Elbow
33. Hand
34. Comment

Part VII. Thorax and Back
35. Intercostal Nerve Block
36. Thoracic Paravertebral Block (Ultrasound Guidance Technique)
37. Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion Block
38. Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy
39. Editor’s Comment

Part VIII. Abdomen and Back
40. Celiac Plexus Block and Splanchnic Nerve Block (X-Ray Fluoroscopy-Guided, CT-Guided)
41. Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block (X-Ray Fluoroscopy-Guided, CT-Guided)
42. Ilioinguinal Nerve Block
43. Comment

Part IX. Lumbosacral Region
44. Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Plexus Block
45. Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve Block

Part X. Pelvis
46. Sacroiliac Joint Block (Ultrasound-Guided, X-Ray Fluoroscopy-Guided)
47. Radio-frequency Thermocoagulation of Sacroiliac Articular Branches (X-Ray Guided): High-Frequency Thermocoagulation of the Sacroiliac Joints
48. Sacrococcygeal Joint Block (Fluoroscopy-Guided, Ultrasound-Guided)
49. Ganglion Impar Block
50. Intra-articular Injection of the Hip Joint
51. Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of Hip Articular Branches (X-ray Fluoroscopy-Guided)
52. Comment

Part XI. Lower Extremity
53. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block
54. Femoral Nerve Block
55. Sciatic Nerve Block
56. Saphenous Nerve Block (Landmark, Ultrasound-Guided Method)
57. Tibial Nerve Block
58. IRS

Part XII. Epidural Block
59. Thoracic Epidural Block (Landmark, X-Ray-Guided, and Ultrasound-Guided Methods)
60. Lumbar Epidural Block
61. Sacral Epidural Block
62. Comment

Part XIII. Epidural Intervention Therapy
63. Spinal Cord Stimulation
64. Epidural Lavage and Nerve Block (X-Ray-Guided)
65. Epiduroscopy
66. Racz Catheter Percutaneous Epidural Neuroplasty (The Racz Procedure)
67. Comment

Part XIV. Subarachnoid Block
68. Thoracic Subarachnoid Phenol Block (Landmark Technique, X-ray-Guided)
69. Saddle Phenol Block (Landmark Technique)
70. Lumbar Subarachnoid Block
71. Pain Alleviation with Subarachnoid Opioid Injection
72. Total Spinal Block (TSB)
73. Comment

Part XV. Intervertebral Joint, Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of Posterior Medial Branch
74. Cervical Facet Joint Block
75. Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of Posterior Medial Branch of Cervical Spinal Nerve
76. Thoracic Facet Block
77. Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of the Posterior Medial Branch of the Thoracic Spine (X-Ray Guided)
78. Lumbar Spine Facet Block (Ultrasound-Guided and X-Ray Fluoroscopy-Guided)
79. Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation of the Posterior Medial Branch of the Lumbar Spine (X-Ray Guided)
80. Comment

Part XVI. Nerve Root Block (X-Ray-Guided, Ultrasound-Guided)
81. Cervical Nerve Root Block
82. Thoracic Nerve Root Block (X-Ray Guided)
83. Lumbar Nerve Root Block
84. Sacral Nerve Root Block (X-Ray Fluoroscopy-Guided Method, Ultrasound-Guided Method)
85. Comment

Part XVII. Intradiscal Therapy (X-Ray-Guided, CT-Angiography)
86. Cervical Disc Contrast Radiography and Block
87. Thoracic Disc Block
88. Lumbar Disc Block
89. Disc Interventional Therapy
90. Comment

Part XVIII. Intracentrum Theapy (X-Ray-Guided, CT-Angiography)
91. Vertebral Body Perforation (Percutaneous Transpedicular Vertebral Body Perforation)
92. Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (PVP)
93. Comment

Part XIX. Lower Limb and Joint
94. Knee
95. High-Frequency Thermocoagulation in the Knee
96. Foot
97. Comment

Part XX. Motor Nerve (Landmark, Ultrasound)
98. Facial Nerve Block (FNB)

This book provides physicians practicing at pain management clinics with comprehensive explanations of interventional therapeutic procedures including nerve blockade, as well as pharmacotherapy. Interventional therapeutic procedures including nerve blockade are categorized by devices into landmark (“blind”), X-ray-guided, ultrasound-guided, CT-guided, MR-guided, and endoscopic techniques. In this book, each chapter introduces one type of nerve blockade procedure that involves several different devices. The authors describe the pros and cons of each technique and make recommendations for the best devices to use. This book will also help anesthesiologists and other physicians to improve their treatment techniques.