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Radiology of the Spine for the Interventionalist

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Imaging is crucial in interventional pain management. It is essential to understand both normal and pathological pertinent findings in providing appropriate interventional pain management. Medical imaging modalities utilized in interventional pain management are fluoroscopy during the procedure performance, plain x-rays, nuclear medicine, computed tomography (CT), myelography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound. Imaging can identify disc herniation, multiple degenerative pathologies, and infectious, traumatic, and malignant processes. Of all the imaging modalities utilized, MRI is superior even compared to CT for demonstrating a compressed nerve root within a neural foramen; however, CT can demonstrate various bony abnormalities with superiority over MRI. This chapter review provides imaging for majority of the spinal disorders encountered in daily practices.

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  • Imaging
  • Interventional pain management
  • Radiology
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Computed tomography
  • Magnetic resonance imaging

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    Sheri L. Albers

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    Richard E. Latchaw

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  1. Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky

    MD Laxmaiah Manchikanti

  2. Department of Anesthesia, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    MD Alan D. Kaye

  3. Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians, Newark, Delaware

    MD Frank J.E. Falco

  4. Service Line Chief of Interventional Radiology, Director of Interventional Neuroradiology, Chief of NeuroInterventional Spine Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    MD Joshua A. Hirsch

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Albers, S.L., Latchaw, R.E. (2018). Radiology of the Spine for the Interventionalist. In: Manchikanti, L., Kaye, A., Falco, F., Hirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60361-2_8

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