Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain

by Leonardo Kapural, Philip Kim

Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain – a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series – presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of discogenic pain relief techniques performed today. Leonardo Kapural, MD and Philip Kim, MD offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to manage and treat discogenic pain. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques – as well as weighing relative risks and complications – helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With online access to the fully searchable text and procedural videos at www.expertconsult.com, you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

• Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind discogenic pain relief techniques and master their execution.

• Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines for treating discogenic pain, when to recommend interventional procedures, how to perform them safely, and how to manage chronic back pain in the long term.

• Apply the newest techniques in discography, radiofrequency and heat procedures, disc fusion, nucleus replacement, and interventions for disc herniation.

• See how it’s done through step-by-step procedural videos on Expert Consult .

• Quickly find the information you need in a user-friendly format with strictly templated chapters supplemented with illustrative line drawings, images, and treatment algorithms.

• Access the fully searchable contents andbonus full-length videos of lumbar discography, biacuplasty, and MILD proceduresat expertconsult.com.

Improve patient safety and minimize risks with evidence-based, step-by-step guidance for interventional and neuromodulatory techniques

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