Injection Procedures

This practical guide is ideal for healthcare professionals who wish to integrate peripheral joint and soft tissue injection procedures into their practices. Procedures are presented in a step-by-step fashion and a wealth of illustrations aids clarity.

This practical guide is ideal for healthcare professionals, including family medicine and sports medicine physicians, who wish to integrate peripheral joint and soft tissue injection procedures into their practices. Emphasis is placed on helping clinicians perform injections with accuracy and efficiency. Procedures are presented in a step-by-step fashion. A wealth of illustrations adds clarity, and fluoroscopic images are featured where applicable. Billing and coding are covered in order to aid readers in obtaining reimbursement. Chart documentation designed to improve patient management and medical-legal protection is presented via ready-to-use templates that can be inserted into office notes. Key information on needle gauge sizes and medication dosages is summarized in an easily accessible table. A useful discussion on conducting clinical trials is outlined as well.

Practical approach facilitates rapid integration of procedures into practice User-friendly design makes essential information highly accessible Helpful fluoroscopic images reflect emphasis on improving accuracy Invaluable chapter on billing and coding assists with reimbursement and payment Features ready-to-use templates for chart documentation and patient management

Autorentext
Todd P. Stitik, MD Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Co-Director, Musculoskeletal/Pain Management Fellowship; Director, Occupational/Musculoskeletal Medicine; Co-Director, Interventional Spine Injection Clinic; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.

Klappentext
Joint injection is a particularly beneficial treatment for inflammatory and degenerative conditions in the upper and lower extremities and the spine. The technique is effective for managing pain after other treatments have failed and, though the procedure has historically been performed by orthopedists, physiatrists, rheumatologists and interventional radiologists, the ease with which injection procedures can be integrated into a physician's practice have led to increased interest from family and sports medicine doctors. Injection Procedures: Osteoarthritis and Related Conditions is focused on practical, step-by-step guidelines to performing image-guided injection procedures. It includes pearls and pitfalls, useful images from real procedures, and documentation templates for including information in a patient's medical record. With chapters dedicated to the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot in addition to practical chapters on incorporating these procedures into a daily practice, this book is a comprehensive handbook for any physician interested in offering injection procedures as an option to his or her patients.

Inhalt
Basic principles of joint and soft tissue injection procedures.- Pharmacotherapy of joint and soft tissue injections.- Viscosupplementation.- Low back pain: considerations of when to refer patients for interventional spine procedures.- Administrative aspects of office-based injection procedures.- The shoulder.- The elbow.- The wrist.- The hand.- The hip.- The knee and its region.- The ankle and the foot