TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 11. Diagnostic Injections for Spine Pain A1 - O'Neill, Conor W. A1 - Derby, Richard A1 - Kenderes, Laura R. A2 - Warfield, Carol A. A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. PY - 2004 T2 - Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e AB - Identifying the specific pathology responsible for spinal pain is often difficult. This is particularly true given the high incidence of anatomic abnormalities in asymptomatic individuals, and the presence of normal anatomy in some painful individuals, at least as demonstrated on conventional imaging studies.1,2 The primary purpose of diagnostic injections for chronic spinal pain is to identify which anatomic structure of the spine is causing pain and what is the pathologic disorder affecting it. Before performing these injections, the clinical utility of making an anatomic diagnosis should be well established. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3410254 ER -