Reducing Risks and Complications of Interventional Pain Procedures

Dr. Pope is a leader in clinical research and innovation. He is involved with clinical trials encompassing many treatment strategies, including cellular therapy and regenerative medicine, medical devices to treat pain and wellness strategies. He is also focused on furthering education in the field of pain medicine. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journals and spoken at numerous national and international conferences. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous national and international studies, started and clinical research organization, and helped numerous practices begin their research departments. When not helping his patients improve their quality of life, Dr. Pope enjoys spending time with his three children and writing. Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.

"This is an excellent review of pain procedures. Complications are important aspects of informed consent. No book will prepare a physician better for getting an informed consent than this one does and no book will better inform a physician how to safely do high-risk pain procedures. This is a worthwhile read for any pain practitioner."- Tariq Malik, MD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine) 5 star Doody Rating!

• Section I: Neurostimulation1 Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation2 Complications of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation: Open Technique, Percutaneous Technique, and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation3 Complications of Cranial Nerve Stimulation4 Avoidance, Recognition, and Treatment of Complications in Cranial Neuromodulation for PainSection II: Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems5 Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery SystemsSection III: Discogenic Pain Procedures6 Complications of Therapeutic Minimally Invasive Intradiscal Procedures7 Complications related to radiofrequency procedures for the treatment of chronic pain8 Complications of Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery9 Complications of nucleus replacement and motion-sparing technologies10 Complications of Spinal Injections and Surgery for Disc HerniationSection IV: Injections11 Radiation Safety and Complications of fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, computed tomography12 Complications Associated with Head and Neck Blocks, Upper Extremity Blocks, Lower Extremity Blocks and Differential Diagnostic Blocks13 Complications of Epidural Injections14 Complications of Facet Joint Injections and Medial Branch Blocks15 Complications of Radiofrequency Rhizotomy for Facet Syndrome16 Complications of Sacroiliac Joint Injection and Lateral Branch Blocks including Water-Cooled Rhizotomy17 Complications of Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty18 Complications of Intra-articular Joint injections and Musculoskeletal Injections