The World Institute of Pain Annual Interventional Pain Conference and Workshop

The World Institute of Pain (WIP) Annual Interventional Pain Conference and Workshop is organized by World Institute of Pain (WIP) and will be held from Feb 15 - 17, 2019 at Miami Anatomical Research Center (M.A.R.C), Doral, Florida, United States of America.

Conference Description ;
This meeting will feature cutting-edge didactic presentations by internationally-renowned experts in interventional pain medicine, as well as hands-on instruction in ultrasound- and fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures. Lectures will be given in English, but simultaneous interpretation to Spanish will be available.

Conference Objectives:
• Understand the implications of radiation safety
• Describe the clinical consequences of disc pathology, and understand the indications for percutaneous disc decompression and annuloplasty
• Recognize cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacroiliac pathology
• Discuss the indications and selection of epidural steroid techniques
• Categorize the uses of sympathetic blocks
• Identify causes of orofacial pain
• Synthesize the indications for intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators
• Compare the indications for fluoroscopy and ultrasound
• Prepare for and avoid complications

Participants will also receive hands-on training in the following procedures:
• Caudal epidural
• Cervical and lumbar DRG
• SI joint injections
• Cervical and lumbar facets
• Adhesiolysis
• Discography
• Thoracic, splanchnic, superior hypogastric sympathetic injections
• Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty
• Intrathecal pumps and spinal cord stimulators
• U/S-Guided procedures

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.