Selective nerve root block (SNRB) is a fundamental technique used to perform regional anesthesia. This procedure is also used as a means for diagnosis and medical treatment. The physician attempts to prove that a particular nerve is the root source…
The use of ultrasound (US) has revolutionized the field of interventional pain medicine by increasing availability of image guidance for procedures done in the clinic or at the bedside. US allows enhanced accuracy and safety for pain-relieving procedures while avoiding…
Low back pain (LBP) and radicular pain due to spinal disease are very common symptoms, resulting in long absences from work or daily activities. Roughly 80% of adults suffer from back pain or LBP during a lifetime and of these,…
Osteoporosis is a prevalent disease that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. In the United States every other person older than 50 years of age has low bone mass or osteoporosis. As a result, 1 in 2 women and…
Clinical Relevance Primary or metastatic bone disease can become very painful, especially in cases of lytic lesions. Possible treatments include surgery, embolization, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and palliative analgesics. Hypoxic cells with limited blood flow can be resistant to chemotherapy and external…
Image-guided percutaneous needle biopsy (PNB) has emerged as a safe, effective, and accurate tool for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal lesions. Information obtained from percutaneous biopsy helps determine appropriate therapy and disease prognosis. Whether a lesion is benign or malignant and…
Central airway obstruction represents a great challenge to physicians from all subspecialties. Narrowing of the main tracheobronchial airways and proximal branches can cause significant and distressing symptoms for the patient and can be life-threatening. Signs and symptoms of large-airway compromise…
Screening mammography has been shown to decrease the mortality from breast cancer by as much as 40% when screening women annually beginning at age 40. Since the initial implementation of mammography, breast imaging has evolved to include numerous other imaging…
Lung cancer is the most common primary cancer, with over 230,000 new cases in 2018, and is the most common cause of cancer death, with nearly 160,000 deaths per year. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for primary lung cancer,…
Percutaneous biopsy of focal lung lesions, mediastinal or hilar masses, and pleural or chest wall lesions has become an essential part of staging of pulmonary and extrathoracic tumors. In the case of lung carcinoma, aspiration biopsy results in a positive…