1st Edition

Practical Atlas of Ultrasound for Anesthesia in Chronic Pain

Edited By Alan Kaye, Mark Jones, Neal Rakesh, Amitabh Gulati Copyright 2025
    216 Pages 166 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    216 Pages 166 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The use of ultrasound to help clinicians specializing in the treatment of chronic pain has expanded greatly over recent years; this illustrated text from a team of experts gives both the experienced practitioner and the trainee a state-of-the-art course in safe and effective techniques. Summarizing the essential information concisely, each chapter presents a practical and visual summary of the nerve blocks indicated as an indispensable atlas resource for a pain management clinic.

    Foreword

    List of contributors

    1. Physics and General Principles of Ultrasound - Ike Eriator, Devin Reed, Blake Sowers, Stephen J. Holt, and Oscar Alam Mendez. 2. How to set up a chronic pain practice with ultrasound - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Karla Gabriella Borbolla-Garcia, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 3. Anticoagulant Considerations in Ultrasound Guided Pain Blocks - Chelsi J. Flanagan, Alan D. Kaye, Rene Przkora, Timothy Feldheim, and Eric Hsu. 4. Billing Considerations for Ultrasound Procedures for Chronic Pain - Brian E Bernhardt. 5. Ultrasound Guided Greater Occipital Nerve Block - Kevin Lui Kot, Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille Fontaine. 6. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Trigeminal Nerve Block - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 7. Stellate Ganglion Block - Johnny Tran and Karina Gritsenko. 8. Scalene and Pectoralis Injections for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Broussard B, Flores B, Hsu E, Weinberg AD, and Eng MR. 9. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Phrenic Nerve Block for Recurrent Hiccups - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 10. Superficial Cervical Plexus Block - Johnson P, Modi D, Rakesh N, and Gulati A. 11. Sphenopalatine/Pterygopalatine Ganglion Block - Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Cameron Smith, and Rene Przkora. 12. Suprascapular Nerve Block - Milan Patel, Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Sudhir Diwan, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 13. Axillary Nerve Block - Merlyn George, Karina Gritsenko, and Elilary Montilla Medrano. 14. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Median nerve block - Karina Gritsenko and Moorice Caparo. 15. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Ulnar Nerve Block - Karina Gritsenko and Ray Dhall. 16. Radial Nerve Block - Islam R, Flores B, and Eng MR. 17. Intercostal Nerve Blocks - Channing Twyner, Stephen J. Holt, Hammad Baig, and Ike Eriator. 18. Paravertebral Nerve Block - Daniel Camras, Anna Roth, Christina McGrath, Karina Gritsenko, and Vikram Bhasin. 19. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block - Christine J Ha, Kathryn Briedenbach, Karina Gritsenko, and Sofia Steinberg. 20. Serratus Anterior Plane Block for Chronic Pain - Anusha Kallurkar, Jibin Mathew, and Alan D. Kaye. 21. Ilio-inguinal Nerve Block for Chronic Pain - Anusha Kallurkar, Eric Hsu, and Alan D. Kaye. 22. Genitofemoral Nerve Block - Devas J Modi, P Johnsonα, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 23. Transversus Abdominis Plane Block - Karina Gritsenko, Melinda Aquino, and Oluremi Ojo. 24. Essentials of Ultrasound for Chronic Pain: Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block - Azem A. Chami and Alan D. Kaye. 25. Cluneal Nerve Block - Milan A. Patel, Ankur B. Patel, John Prunskis, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 26. Ultrasound Guided Pudendal Nerve Block - Fadi Farah, Karina Gritsenko, and Camille G Fontaine. 27. Piriformis Muscle Injection - James Walker Sturdivant, Casey Orzechowicz, Henry J. Sioufi, Walker John Robison, and Ike Eriator. 28. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block - Jay Darji, Ludovica Stilli, Karina Gritsenko, Naum Shaparin. 29. Femoral Nerve Block - David Kowal, Han Ling, Karina Gritsenko, and Preeti Anand. 30. Saphenous Nerve Block - Milan Patel, Mayank Gupta, Samir Sheth, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 31. Genicular Nerve Blocks - Abhinav Gangasani, Han Ling, and Karina Gritsenko. 32. Popliteal sciatic nerve block - Varsha Allampalli, Matthew Sharpe, and Naina Singh. 33. Sural, Tibial, Superficial Peroneal Nerve Blocks - Milan Patel, Philippe Mavrocordatos, Miguel De La Garza, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed. 34. Spinals/Epidurals – Neuraxial Blocks - Peyton Johnson, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 35. Shoulder Joint Injection - Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 36. Hip Joint Injection - Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Zachary Danssaert, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 37. Knee Joint Injections - Zachary Danssaert, Sohyun Kang, Anthony Batri, Neal Rakesh, and Amitabh Gulati. 38. Cervical Medial Branch Block – Ultrasound Guided - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Omar Solis-Valades, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 39. Thoracic Facet Joints: Medial Branch Injections - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Paul Alejandro Medina-Rascon, Jesus Medina-Rascon, and Sudhir Diwan. 40. Ultrasound-guided Lumbar Medial Branch Block - Victor M Silva-Ortiz, Jocelyn Reyes-Armendariz, and Rodrigo Diez-Tafur. 41. Cryoneurolysis under Ultrasound - Andrea Trescot. 42. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation - Daniel Lopez, Juan Mora, Ivan Samcam, and Rene Przkora.

    Index

    Biography

    Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, DABA, DABPM, DABIPP, CSSM, FASA, is Editor-in Chief, Pain Physician, Current Pain and Headache Reports Pain Section, and Scientific American Pain Section; ASIPP and ABIPP Board of Directors; Immediate Former Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Chief Academic Officer, and Provost; Interventional Pain Fellowship Director, Vice Chairman of Research, and Tenured Professor of Anesthesiology; Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neurosciences, LSU School of Medicine, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.

    Mark Jones MD is Managing Partner of Pain Medicine of the South, Knoxville, TN, USA.

    Neal Rakesh MD, MSE is Pain Management Physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Pain Division, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

    Amitabh Gulati MD is Director, Chronic Pain, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New-York Presbyterian/Cornell/Columbia New York, NY; Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA.