Ask the Experts: Controversies in Interventional Spine Procedures

Ask the Experts: Controversies in Interventional Spine Procedures
Controversies in Interventional Spine Procedures
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
7:30 p.m. Central
On the live Q&A for Episode 12: Controversies in Interventional Spine Procedures, interventional pain medicine experts will answer your questions on hot button issues including:
- Which procedures benefit from conscious sedation?
- When should a comparative medial branch block (MBB) be used to select patients?
- Should a single MBB precede radiofrequency neurotomy (RFN) procedures?
- Should an anesthetic test dose be part of transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs)?
- Has a standard RFN nomenclature been acknowledged? Are we all on the same page when we use terms including ablation, coagulation, neurotomy, and rhizotomy?
- When considering imaging, is the contralateral oblique view superior to the lateral view for cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections (ILESIs) or for thoracic or lumbosacral ILESIs?
- Is it helpful or necessary to obtain and review cervical MRI for TFESIs and ILESIs?
Your expert panel includes:
- Fred DeFrancesch, MD, of NeuroMuscular Medical Associates in Hammond, Metairie, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who also serves on the IPSIS Education Division, Guidelines Committee, and Instructor Development Committee; and
- Patrick H. Waring, MD, of the Pain Intervention Center in Metairie, Louisiana, who also serves on the IPSIS Education Division, Standards Division, and Guidelines Committee.
The panel is moderated by Michael Furman, MD, MS, Fellowship Director at OSS Health, who serves on the IPSIS Board as a Member-at-Large, as well as on the IPSIS Education Division, and as Co-Chair of the Education Development Committee.