1 Spine Anatomy 1
John M. Mathis, Ali Shaibani, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
2 Materials Used in Image-Guided Spine Interventions 29
John M. Mathis
3 Patient Evaluation and Criteria for Procedure Selection 39
Harold J. Cordner
4 The Surgeon's Perspective: Image-Guided
Therapy and Its Relationship to Conventional
Surgical Management 57
F. Todd Wetzel
5 Image-Guided Percutaneous Spine Biopsy 75
A. Orlando Ortiz, Gregg H. Zoarski, and Allan L. Brook
6 Discography 107
Aaron Calodney and Duane Griffith
7 Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy 147
Stanley Golovac
8 Epidural Injections for the Treatment of Spine-Related
Pain Syndromes 157
Matthew T. Ranson and Timothy R. Deer
9 Pulsed Radiofrequency Procedures in Clinical Practice 175
Richard M. Rosenthal
10 Facet Joint Injections and Sacroiliac Joint Injections 207
Louis J. Raso
11 Autonomic Nerve Blockade 229
Stanley Golovac and John M. Mathis
12 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty 249
John M. Mathis and Charles Cho
13 Implanted Drug Delivery Systems 279
Lisa Jo Stearns
14 Endovascular Treatment of Vascular and Nonvascular
Diseases of the Spine 299
Shahram Rahimi, Ali Shaibani, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
15 Kyphoplasty: Balloon Assisted Vertebroplasty 337
John M. Mathis, Charles H. Cho, and Wayne J. Olan
16 Sacroplasty 355
Charles H. Cho, John M. Mathis, and Keith E. Kortman
17 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Uses and Applications 375
Stanley Golovac