Master Radiographically Guided Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management with This Comprehensive Guide

This thoroughly revised and reorganized 2nd edition provides meticulous step-by-step guidance on performing today’s top radiographically guided regional anesthesia and pain management techniques. Renowned experts in the field explain how to make optimal use of fluoroscopy, MRI, and CT to pinpoint the exact anatomic site for each procedure.

Step-by-Step Instructions and Visual Aids

Get easy-to-follow descriptions addressing every aspect of patient positioning, the use of radiographic solutions for tissue-specific enhancement, and correct techniques for anesthesia/analgesia administration. Coupled with distinct line drawings and fluoroscopic, MR, and CT images for each procedure, you’ll ensure proper positioning and easy application of techniques.

Avoid Complications and Optimize Patient Care

Learn from experts how to avoid common mistakes and complications, ensuring your patients remain pain-free throughout the procedure. Includes descriptions of procedures for each image-guided technique as well as the approaches available for such imaging, so you can choose the correct procedure for every patient.

Stay Ahead with Advanced and Emerging Techniques

Two new sections – Advanced Techniques and Emerging Techniques – incorporate new procedures into the upper and lower extremity and head and neck chapters, keeping you at the forefront of the latest advances in the field.

Comprehensive and Visual Learning

This edition includes a DVD of video clips demonstrating proper patient positioning and difficult procedures, as well as nearly 1,600 crisp illustrations – 50% of which are new to this edition – to illuminate every concept. A complete reorganization by body region and focused content ensures you get to the information you need quickly.

Key Features:

• Thoroughly revised and reorganized 2nd edition
• Meticulous step-by-step guidance on performing radiographically guided regional anesthesia and pain management techniques
• Includes fluoroscopic, MR, and CT images coupled with distinct line drawings for each procedure
• DVD of video clips demonstrating proper patient positioning and difficult procedures
• Nearly 1,600 crisp illustrations, 50% new to this edition
• Complete reorganization by body region and focused content

Publication Details:

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication Date: July 4, 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416038442
• ISBN-13: 978-1416038443
• eText ISBN: 9781437721430