Needle Placement

Interventional pain management techniques are invaluable in the treatment of pain from various etiologies. Routine and advanced interventional pain management needle placement is essential not only to guarantee success with intended pain-relieving procedures, but also to minimize known complications from these same procedures. Knowledge of relevant anatomy is crucial. The focus of this chapter is to provide a brief description of various interventional pain management injection techniques. A short summary of the relevant anatomy, landmarks used for needle placement and important safety considerations is provided along with a selection of digital and radiographic photographs depicting the ideal needle placement and contrast flow at or in the immediate proximity of the targeted structures.