Interventional radiology of the spine : image-guided pain therapy

DEDICATION.............................................................. v PREFACE ................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................. ix CONTRIBUTORS ...................................................... xiii I. SPINAL ANATOMY, IMAGING, AND CLINICAL EVALUATION 1 Spinal Anatomy ............................................. 3 Robert M. DePhilip and J. Kevin McGraw 2 Computed Tomography of the Spine.......... 21 Stephen F. Futterer 3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Spine ............................................. 41 Eiran Mandelker, Gretchen G. Cordero, Dennis H. Son, and J. Kevin McGraw 4 Nuclear Medicine of the Spine ................... 65 John E. Baumert, Jr. 5 Clinical Evaluation of the Spine Patient..... 73 L. Mark Dean II. INTERVENTIONAL SPINAL PROCEDURES 6 History and Overview of Spinal Procedures ............................... 93 J. Kevin McGraw 7 Pharmacology of Medications Used in Spinal Injection Procedures .............. 101 John A. Lippert 8 Selective Nerve Root Blocks .................... 119 Dennis J. Griffin 9 Epidural Steroid Injections ....................... 127 Dennis J. Griffin 10 Facet Joint Injections ................................ 137 Jeffrey M. Boorstein and J. Kevin McGraw 11 Sacroiliac Joint Injections ......................... 143 Jeffrey M. Boorstein and J. Kevin McGraw 12 Discography .............................................. 149 John A. Carrino and J. Kevin McGraw 13 Treatment of Discogenic Back Pain ......... 167 Jeff S. Silber, J. Kevin McGraw, and John A. Lippert 14 Spinal Biopsy Techniques ........................ 181 Thomas M. Davis 15 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty .................... 197 David F. Kallmes, Mary E. Jensen, and J. Kevin McGraw 16 Transcatheter Therapy for Tumors of the Spine ........................................... 215 Peter J. Pema and Ronald F. Budzik INDEX ....................................................