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The Center for Disease Control (CDC) publishes a report called the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey every year. This report contains the top 10 reasons for Emergency Room (ER) visits, and, not surprisingly, back problems ranked number 3 for men and number 4 for women in the 15–64 age group [1]. Approximately 1,544,000 women went to the ER for their back problems, comprising 2.2% of all visits for all age groups, an alarmingly high rate. While back pain has epidemic proportions in the United States, the area continues to demonstrate some of the worst curative results in modern medicine. Alternative or adjuvant therapies for spinal back pain are in high demand. Traditionally treated by orthopedic surgeons and chiropractors, other medical specialties including Anesthesia, Rheumatology, and Interventional Radiology have joined the integrated effort to care for back pain, as a multidisciplinary approach is required to achieve any durable success.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Anthony C. Venbrux

  2. West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, WV, USA

    Jozef M. Brozyna

  3. Department of Radiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Denis Primakov

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Interventional Radiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Wayne J. Olan

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Venbrux, A.C., Brozyna, J.M., Primakov, D., Olan, W.J. (2012). Spine Pain Management. In: Ignacio, E., Venbrux, A. (eds) Women’s Health in Interventional Radiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5876-1_6

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