Complications of Pain-Relieving Procedures: An Illustrated Guide

A comprehensive exploration of potential complications arising from interventional pain therapies. In Complications of Pain-Relieving Procedures: An Illustrated Guide, a team of distinguished pain specialists delivers a straightforward, extensively illustrated, and step-by-step guide to managing complications arising out of pain-relieving procedures and interventions. The book offers essential assistance to physicians by combining a wide range of potential complications into a single, comprehensive resource suited to quick review in real time. It will help readers determine the clinical steps necessary to avoid long-term consequences for patients. This illustrated reference contains numerous images of the possible complications of specific procedures. Each chapter includes discussions of the anatomy of the target nerve, plexus or space, indications for the procedure, technical approaches with pictures, potential complications, and strategies for preventing complications. Finally, every chapter offers case reports describing adverse events and how they were dealt with. The book also provides: A thorough introduction to the basic principles of interventional pain therapies, as well as the historical background of pain-relieving procedures Comprehensive explorations of the ethics of interventional pain management and patient assessment prior to the procedure Practical discussions of medicolegal and regulatory risks, including issues of informed consent, breach of the duty of care, adverse events, and licensure consequences In-depth examinations of the complications of systemic opiate therapy and alternative medication strategies Perfect for interventional pain physicians, Complications of Pain-Relieving Procedures: An Illustrated Guide will also earn a place in the libraries of pain physicians, neurosurgeons, neurologists, physiatrists, and anesthesiologists.

Table of Contents:
Section Editors xii List of Contributors xiii Foreword xx Gabor B. Racz Foreword xxii Ricardo Ruiz – Lopez Preface xxiv Acknowledgments xxvi Section 1: Basic Principles 1 1 The Importance of Studying Complications in Pain Medicine 3 Peter S. Staats and Serdar Erdine 2 History of Interventional Pain Procedures 8 Serdar Erdine and Peter S. Staats 3 Ethics of Interventional Pain Management 18 Serdar Erdine 4 Clinical Assessment of Patients to Decrease Risk 21 Vittorio Schweiger, Massimo Parolini, Alvise Martini, and Enrico Polati 5 Medical Legal Issues in Pain Management 27 Standiford Helm and Raymond McMahon 6 Complications of Opiate Therapy 32 Elie Sader, Steven Calvino, and Christopher Gharibo 7 Complications in the Pharmacologic Approach of Pain 38 Kris C.P. Vissers, Priodarshi Roychoudhury, and Lakshmi Koyyalagunta 8 Complications of Sedation in Painful Procedures 48 Ramsin Benyamin 9 Complications of Injectable Agents Used Intraoperatively 55 Karolina M. Szadek, Remko Liebregts, A. Long Liem, and Monique A.H. Steegers 10 Complications of Cryoneuroablation 63 Andrea Trescot 11 Complications of Radiofrequency Ablation Procedures 73 Anand Thakur C., Serdar Erdine, and Peter S. Staats 12 Infection Control 80 Liong Liem, Said Shofwan, Grady Janitra, and Sholahuddin Rhatomy 13 Radiation Safety for Interventional Pain Physicians 90 Vikram B. Patel 14 Bleeding Complications 97 Anthony H. Guarino and Neill Wright Section 2: Complications of Cranial Procedures 101 15 Complications of Percutaneous Trigeminal Ganglion Procedures 103 Serdar Erdine 16 Complications of Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block 114 Benjamin Ashworth and Miles Day 17 Complications of Percutaneous Block and Lesioning of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve 121 Serdar Erdine Section 3: Complications of Neck Procedures 127 18 Complications of Occipital Nerve Block and Radiofrequency Lesioning 129 Can Eyigor and Meltem Uyar 19 Complications of Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection 136 Ariana M. Nelson and Honorio T. Benzon 20 Complications of Cervical Facet Procedures 146 Jan van Zundert and Maarten van Eerd 21 Complications of Cervical Discography 152 Wenxi (Richard) Gao and Srdjan S. Nedeljković 22 Cervical Epidural Lysis of Adhesions 158 Gabor Bela Racz, Gabor J. Racz, Mohammad Javed Tariq, and Carl E. Noe 23 Complications of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) 167 Serdar Erdine and Peter S. Staats Section 4: Complications of Thoracic Procedures 179 24 Complications of Thoracic Interlaminar Steroid Injection 181 Mert Akbaş and Gözde Dağıstan 25 Complications of Cervical and Thoracic Transforaminal Epidural Block 188 Arun Bhaskar and Athmaja Thottungal 26 Complications of Thoracic Facet Blocks and Ablations 199 Robert Chow, Melanie G. Wood, and Milan P. Stojanovic 27 Complications of Thoracic Discography 206 Fabricio Assis, Joao Henrique Araujo, and Francisco Morato Dias Abreu 28 Complications of Thoracic Sympathetic Block 214 Fabricio Assis, Carlos Marcelo de Barros, Tainá Melo Vieira Motta Pereira, and Thalita Marqueze 29 Complications of Intercostal Blocks and Ablations 223 Charles Amaral de Oliveira, Thais Khouri Vanetti, and Karen Santos Braghiroli 30 Complications of Thoracic Procedures 227 Elaine Gomes Martins, Thiago Nouer Frederico, and André Mansano 31 Complications of Splanchnic and Celiac Plexus Block 236 Serdar Erdine Section 5: Complications of Lumbar Spine Procedures 247 32 Complications of Lumbar Interlaminar Steroid Injection 249 Mert Akbaş and Gözde Dağıstan 33 Complications of Lumbar Transforaminal Blocks 258 Jay Karri, Anuj Marathe, Rinoo Shah, and Scott Glaser 34 Complications of Lumbar Facet and Medial Branch Blocks and Ablations 267 Gözde Dağıstan and Mert Akbaş 35 Complications of Lumbar Sympathetic Block 274 E. Alp Yentür 36 Complications of Lumbar Provocation Discography 280 Ramsin Benyamin 37 Complications of Basivertebral Nerve Ablation 290 Ameer Ali, Melissa Lau, Michael DePalma, and Douglas Beall 38 Complications of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Thoracic and Lumbar Procedures 298 Douglas P. Beall, Jordan E. Brasuell, Andrew W. Favre, Brooks M. Koenig, M. Ali Khan, Edward S. Yoon, Trevor R. Magee, Drake Stockard, Joseph D. Kinsinger, Saad A. Khan, William H. Eskew, and James R. Webb Section 6: Complications of Pelvic and Sacral Procedures 329 39 Complications of Caudal Epidural Lysis of Adhesions 331 Gabor Bela Racz, Gabor J. Racz, Mohammad Tariq, and Carl E. Noe 40 Complications of Epiduroscopic Procedures 339 Altan Şahin 41 Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block 351 Ricardo Plancarte Sánchez and Marcela Sámano García 42 Complications of Ganglion Impar Block 360 Ricardo Plancarte Sánchez, Angel Manuel Juárez Lemus, Berenice Carolina Hernández Porras, and María del Rocío Guillén Nuñez 43 Complications of Sacroiliac Joint Block and Ablation 369 Aaron P. Bloom and Clarence Shannon Section 7: Complications of Peripheral Blocks 377 44 Complications of Suprascapular Nerve Procedures 379 María Luz Padilla del Rey, Eleni Episkopou, and Agnes R. Stogicza 45 Complications of Genicular Nerve Blocks and Ablations 387 Kris Ferguson and Hemant Kalia 46 Complications of Lateral Obturator and Lateral Femoral Nerve Block and Radiofrequency Ablation for Hip Denervation 392 Leonardo Kapural and Taif Mukhdomi 47 Complications of Obturator Nerve Block 397 Kristof Racz, María Luz Padilla del Rey, and Agnes R. Stogicza 48 Complications of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Procedures 405 Alan Berkman, María Luz Padilla del Rey, and Agnes R. Stogicza 49 Complications of Pudendal Nerve Procedures 412 María Luz Padilla del Rey, Alan Berkman, and Agnes R. Stogicza Section 8: Complications of Neuromodulation 421 50 Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems and Drugs Used 423 Alyson M. Engle, Mark N. Malinowski, Jonathan M. Hagedorn, and Timothy R. Deer 51 Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation 439 İbrahim Aşik and Ümit Akkemik 52 Complications of Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain 449 Robert M. Levy 53 Complications of Peripheral and Field Stimulation 460 Priodarshi Roychoudhury and Peter Staats 54 Complications of Occipital and Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation 469 Konstantin V. Slavin Section 9: Complications of Procedures on Regenerative Medicine and Advanced Interventions 477 55 Complications in Regenerative Medicine 479 Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Yu Chuan Tsai, and Mattia Squarcia 56 Complications of Sacroplasty 493 Harold Cordner 57 Complications of Femoroplasty 501 Ricardo Plancarte, Berenice Carolina Hernández-Porras, Angel Juárez Lemus, and Erika C. Lopez Montes 58 Complications of Percutaneous Cordotomy 508 Ibrahim Yegül 59 Complications of Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) 517 David W. Lee and Jason Pope 60 Complications of Interspinous Decompression 524 Sean li 61 Complications of Sacroiliac Joint Stabilization 529 Adam Rupp and Dawood Sayed 62 Complications of Intradiscal Therapeutic Procedures 537 Shrif Costandi and Nicholas Prayson 63 Complications of Trigger Point Injection 547 Yu Chuan Tsai and Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez 64 Complications of Percutaneous Spinal Lumbar Endoscopy (PELD) 555 Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, Ovidiu Palea, and Teodor Cristea 65 Complications of Percutaneous Lumbar Extraforaminotomy 564 Sang Chul Lee, Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, and Won-Joong Kim Index 574

About the Author :
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP, is a member of the executive board of the World Institute of Pain, Chairman of its ­Turkish Registered Section, Past President of the World Institute of Pain as well as Past President of the ­European Pain Federation. Peter S. Staats, MD, FIPP, founded the Pain Medicine Division in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He is Chief Medical Officer of the National Spine and Pain Centers and has served on the United States Health and Human Services Pain Task Force subcommittee. He is the current president of the World Institute of Pain.