Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine (MSK, Nerve and Spine Procedures)

The Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine (MSK, Nerve and Spine Procedures) is organized by American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) and World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU). This conference would be held during Feb 17-18, 2016 at Palm Springs Convention Center. The medical conference is targeted basically for Orthopedic and pain medicine specialists interested in expanding and improving their knowledge of ultrasound for needle guidance and diagnostics. The main focus of this medical event is on providing advanced knowledge related to evidence based ultrasound techniques for needle guidance and diagnostics.

Learning Objectives:

* Musculoskeletal Ultrasound- both upper and lower extremity: glenohumeral and AC joints, subdeltoid bursa, rotator cuff, cubital canal, epicondyles, elbow joint, carpal canal, Gyon canal. Hip and knee joints, trochanteric complex, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, saphenous nerve, ischial bursa, iliotibal tract, tarsal canal, ankle joint, plantar nerves. Ultrasound in Regenerative medicine- History, Science behind Platelet Rich Plasma, basic technology and studies. Patient candidates, obtaining PRP, injecting, results (what to expect), post op instructions and care and post op issues.
* Neurosonology- Entrapment Neuropathies of the extremities including suprascapular, radial, ulnar - cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, common peroneal nerve, tarsal tunnel syndrome and Morton’s neuroma. Other peripheral nerve injuries - traumatic, ischemic, metastatic, primary tumors and post-operative.
* Spinal and Sympathetic Chain Ultrasonography Procedures - Limitations of spine sonography and ultrasound guided procedures. Ultrasound-assisted/guided neuroaxial injection, zygapophysial joint and nerve block, sacroiliac joint injections, piriformis, caudal injection; mapping of sacral foramina. Ultrasound guided blocks of the stellate ganglion, and superior hypogastric plexi. Other applications (lumbar sympathetic, celiac plexus and impar ganglion.