Table of Contents

1. Spine Anatomy.- 2. Materials Used in Image-Guided Spine Interventions.- 3. Patient Evaluation and Procedure Selection.- 4. Surgeon's Perspective: Image-Guided Therapy and Its Relationship to Conventional Surgical Management.- 5. Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy.- 6. Discography.- 7. Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty.- 8. Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy in the Treatment of Herniated Discs.- 9. Epidural Steroid Injections and Selective Nerve Blocks.- 10. Diagnostic Epidurography and Therapeutic Epidurolysis.- 11. Facet Joint Injections.- 12. Autonomic Nerve Blockade.- 13. Sacroiliac Joint Injection.- 14. Percutaneous Vertebroplasty.- 15. Implanted Drug Delivery Systems.- 16. Endovascular Therapy of the Spine.- 17. Epidural Blood and Fibrin Patches.- 18. Balloon Kyphoplasty.- 19. Intradiscal Oxygen-Ozone in the Treatment of Herniated Lumbar Disc.

Reviews

From the reviews: RAD Magazine, September, 2005: Dr John A Mathis, who is past-president of the American Society of Spine Radiology and a leading authority on vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, has edited review format contributions from selected (almost exclusively) North American authors. Concise overviews are provided of all these topics. This book provides an excellent overview for those already involved in image-guided spinal work or those in other interventional fields hoping to establish a service and is recommended. "This volume is targeted at physicians interested in utilising the various percutaneous techniques available in managing back pain. a ] There are more than 300 illustrations, providing examples of technique and pitfalls. a ] This book provides an excellent overview for those already involved in image-guided spinal work or those in other interventional fields hoping to establish a service and is recommended." (Dr. A Saifuddin, Dr. R Hughes, RAD Magazine, September, 2005)

From the reviews: RAD Magazine, September, 2005: Dr John A Mathis, who is past-president of the American Society of Spine Radiology and a leading authority on vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, has edited review format contributions from selected (almost exclusively) North American authors. Concise overviews are provided of all these topics. This book provides an excellent overview for those already involved in image-guided spinal work or those in other interventional fields hoping to establish a service and is recommended. "This volume is targeted at physicians interested in utilising the various percutaneous techniques available in managing back pain. ??? There are more than 300 illustrations, providing examples of technique and pitfalls. ??? This book provides an excellent overview for those already involved in image-guided spinal work or those in other interventional fields hoping to establish a service and is recommended." (Dr. A Saifuddin, Dr. R Hughes, RAD Magazine, September, 2005)