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Complications of Interventional Pain Management Techniques

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Several textbooks cover the techniques, indications, contraindications, and the mechanism of action of the interventional pain management techniques, but only few textbooks have focused on the complications and on their consequences. Interventional pain management has evolved tremendously since the first described therapeutic nerve block, performed by Tuffer in 1899. The combination of Interventional Pain Physicians with small amount of experience in the field and the recent significant increase in the utilization of interventional diagnostic and therapeutic techniques raises the potential for increased complications.

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Araujo, M., O’Ferrall, D.M. (2015). Complications of Interventional Pain Management Techniques. In: Deer, T., Leong, M., Buvanendran, A., Kim, P., Panchal, S. (eds) Treatment of Chronic Pain by Interventional Approaches. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1824-9_50

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