Includes bibliographical references and index.

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History of interventional pain medicine -- Principles for performing percutaneous invasive procedures -- Physical and psychological assesment of the pain patient -- Preparation of the patient for interventional pain procedures -- Monitoring of the patient prior to, during and after the procedure -- Radiation safety and use of fluroscopy during interventional pain procedures -- Sedation and analgesia for interventional procedures -- Drugs used during interventional pain procedures -- Tools and equipment used in interventional pain procedures -- Principles and description of special techniques -- Simple frequent procedures in the musculoskeletal region -- Interventional pain procedures in the head -- Interventional pain procedures in the neck -- Interventional pain procedures in the thoracic region -- Interventional procedures for visceral pain in the thoraco-abdominal region -- Interventional pain procedures in the lumbar region -- Interventional pain procedures in the pelvic and sacral region -- Advanced techniques.