Ch. 1. Historical aspects of regional anesthesia -- Ch. 2. Beyond blocks: the history of the development of techniques in regional anesthesia -- Ch. 3. Economic impact of regional anesthesia -- Ch. 4. Organization of an acute pain service and pain management -- Ch. 5. Organization of chronic pain services -- Ch. 6. Organization of palliative care services -- Ch. 7. The practice of regional anesthesia in developing countries -- Ch. 8. Training and education of a physician for regional anesthesia -- Ch. 9. Pain mechanisms and local anesthetics: scientific foundations for clinical practice -- Ch. 10. Clinical research -- Ch. 11. Organization and function of the nerve block facility -- Ch. 12. Monitoring in regional anesthesia -- Ch. 13. Local anesthetics -- Ch. 14. Adjuvant drugs -- Ch. 15. Chemical neurolytic agents -- Ch. 16. Continuous regional analgesia -- Ch. 17. Aids to localization of peripheral nerves -- Ch. 18. Conduction blocks -- Ch. 19. Subarachnoid and epidural anesthesia -- Ch. 20. Peripheral nerve blocks -- Ch. 21. Regional anesthesia in children -- Ch. 22. Efficacy of regional versus general anesthesia -- Ch. 23. Endocrine-metabolic effects --Ch. 24. Regional anesthesia options in surgical specialties -- Ch. 25. Acute situations: obstetrics -- Ch. 26. Acute situations: trauma --
Ch. 27. Nonmalignant pain -- Ch. 28. Malignant pain -- Ch. 29. Untreated pain and its cost to society: what are our options? -- Ch. 30. Radiographic imaging in regional anesthesia -- Ch. 31. Radiofrequency for the treatment of chronic pain -- Ch. 32. Spinal decompressive neuroplasty via the caudal and cervical approaches -- Ch. 33. Sympathetic neurolysis -- Ch. 34. Epidural steroids -- Ch. 35. Facet block and denervation -- Ch. 36. Nerve root neurolysis -- Ch. 37. Neuroaugmentative procedures for pain -- Ch. 38. Intrathecal therapies for the treatment of chronic pain -- Ch. 39. Epiduroscopy -- Ch. 40. Sphenopalatine analgesia -- Ch. 41. Trigeminal ganglion procedures -- Ch. 42. Discography and intradiscal electrothemal annuloplasty -- Ch. 43. Vertebroplasty -- Ch. 44. Neuraxial anesthetic techniques -- Ch. 45. Peripheral nerve blockade -- Ch. 46. Efficacy of neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks in acute pain management - Ch. 47. Trauma -- Ch. 48. Efficacy and outcome of regional anesthesia techniques in obstetrics -- Ch. 49. Outcomes using procedures for nonciceptive pain -- Ch. 50. Neuropathic pain: outcomes studies on the role of nerve blocks -- Ch. 51. Cancer pain -- Ch. 52. Pediatric pain management -- Ch. 53. Chronic pediatric pain -- Ch. 54. Equipment and techniques