2004 Annual Meeting | Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Back and Neck Pain

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2004 Annual Meeting | Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Back and Neck Pain

Date Monday 04/26/04

Time 07:30 PM - 10:30 PM Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program is not expected to be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type After-Dinner Seminar

Director(s) John W. Engstrom, MD, F�鶹��ýӳ��

Topic(s) Headache/Other Pain Syndromes

Learning Objectives Upon completion:
Participants should be able to distinguish between radicular and somatic pain in clinical practice; state the prevalence of various causes of these conditions; assess the reliability and validity of various clinical tests, medical imaging, and electrodiagnostic tests for radicular and somatic spinal pain; relate the lack of conservative treatments; defend the efficacy of percutaneous and injection treatments; and formulate an evidence-based algorithm for investigation and treatment.

CME Available No CME available

Program Level Advanced

Recommended Audience Practitioner, Fellow, Academician, Resident

Event Timeline
07:30 PM - 07:35 PM		Introduction
07:35 PM - 07:45 PM		Definitions, Mechanisms, and Causes Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
07:45 PM - 07:55 PM		Prevalence and Pitfalls of Incorrect Diagnosis Michael E. Karasek, MD
07:55 PM - 08:20 PM		Principles of Biostatistics Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
08:20 PM - 08:50 PM		The Validity of Diagnostic Blocks and Discography Under Controlled Conditions Michael E. Karasek, MD
08:50 PM - 09:00 PM		Break
09:00 PM - 09:15 PM		Review of Conservative and Other Treatments Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
09:15 PM - 09:35 PM		Cervical and Lumbar RF Neurotomy, Transforminal Steroids, IDET: Limitations of Surgery Michael E. Karasek, MD
09:35 PM - 09:55 PM		Evidence-Based Algorithms for Chronic Back, Neck, and Lumbar Radicular Pain Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
09:55 PM - 10:30 PM		Questions and Answers

Faculty Disclosures
Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD	No disclosure on file
	No disclosure on file
Michael E. Karasek, MD	No disclosure on file
John W. Engstrom, MD, F�鶹��ýӳ��	Dr. Engstrom has nothing to disclose.