2005 Annual Meeting | Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Back and Neck Pain

Date Monday 04/11/05

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) Michael E. Karasek, MD

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 - 08:00 PM		Radicular Pain Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
07:30 PM - 10:30 PM		Reception
08:00 PM - 08:15 PM		Validity of Diagnostic Blocks Michael E. Karasek, MD
08:15 PM - 09:00 PM		Somatic Pain: Investigation Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
09:00 PM - 09:15 PM		Break
09:15 PM - 09:45 PM		Somatic Pain: Treatment Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD
09:45 PM - 10:15 PM		Patient Selection and Discography Michael E. Karasek, MD
10:15 PM - 10:30 PM		Discussion Michael E. Karasek, MD

Faculty Disclosures
Michael E. Karasek, MD	No disclosure on file
Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD	No disclosure on file