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Pain Medicine: Interventional Procedures — Advanced Expert Level Guide

Pain Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Un compendio exhaustivo y riguroso de la fisiopatología, farmacología avanzada, referencias anatómicas milimétricas y técnicas de neuromodulación y ablación en el tratamiento intervencionista del dolor crónico y oncológico de alta complejidad.

What it covers

  1. Interventional Procedures
  2. Neuroanatomy of the Pain Pathways and Targets of Intervention
  3. · Types of Primary Afferent Fibers
  4. · Dorsal Horn Organization: Rexed Sheets
  5. Advanced Interventional Pharmacology
  6. · Local Anesthetics: Classification and Biophysics of Blockade
  7. · Corticosteroids: Classification according to Solubility and Spinal Injection
  8. Radiological Safety and Anticoagulation Management
  9. · Radiation Physics and Radiological Protection Laws
  10. · ASRA Pain Medicine peri-procedural guidelines
  11. Epidural Corticosteroid Injections (ESI)
  12. · Interlaminar Approach (ILESI)
  13. · Transforaminal Approach (TFESI)
  14. · Flow Approach (CESI)
  15. Interventionism in Facet Joints and Medial Branch
  16. · Neuroanatomy of Facet Innervation
  17. · Diagnostic Medial Branch Blocks (MBB)
  18. · Radiofrequency Denervation (Neurotomy)
  19. Sympathetic Nervous System Blockages
  20. Spinal and Peripheral Neuromodulation
  21. · Posterior Cord Stimulation (SCS)
  22. · Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation (DRG-S)
  23. · Intrathecal Drug Infusion Systems (IDDS)
  24. Interventionism in Sacroiliac Joint and Pelvic Pain
  25. · Intra-articular injections in ASI
  26. · Sacroiliac Denervation: Radiofrequency of Lateral Branches
  27. · Chronic Pelvic Pain: Approach to the Pudendal Nerve
  28. Radiofrequency of the Gasser Ganglion and Cranial Nerves
  29. · Destruction and Neuromodulation Procedures in the Gasser Ganglion
  30. · Greater Occipital Nerve Block (Arnold's Nerve)
  31. Advanced Peripheral Joint Interventionism
  32. Lumbar Discopathy and Intradiscal Procedures
  33. · Lumbar Provocative Discography
  34. · Dallas Classification of Fibrous Ring Rupture
  35. · Intradiscal Treatments: Lumbar Ozone Therapy
  36. Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty and Spinal Tumor Ablation
  37. · Vertebroplasty vs. Balloon Kyphoplasty (BKP)
  38. · Intravertebral Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation (t-RFA)
  39. Percutaneous Epidural Adhesiolysis (Racz Procedure)
  40. Serious Complication Management Protocols
  41. · 1. Spinal Epidural Hematoma (SHE)
  42. · 2. Accidental Dural Puncture Headache (PDPH)
  43. · 3. Differential Diagnosis of Post-Procedural Meningitis

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Subject
Pain Medicine
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
43
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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