7th International symposium and workshops Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine

7th International symposium and workshops Interventional Ultrasound in Pain Medicine is organized by American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM), World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU) and would be held during Jun 07 - 09, 2017 at Van der Valk Hotel Nijmegen - Lent, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

The target audience for this medical event for Orthopedic and pain medicine specialists interested in expanding and improving their knowledge of ultrasound for needle guidance and diagnostics. The main focus of this medical event is on providing advanced knowledge related to evidence based ultrasound techniques for needle guidance and diagnostics.

Conference Objectives are :
• Musculoskeletal Ultrasound- both upper and lower extremity: glenohumeral and AC joints, subdeltoid bursa, rotator cuff, cubital canal, epicondyles, elbow joint, carpal canal, Gyon canal. Hip and knee joints, trochanteric complex, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, saphenous nerve, ischial bursa, iliotibal tract, tarsal canal, ankle joint, plantar nerves. Ultrasound in Regenerative medicine- History, Science behind Platelet Rich Plasma, basic technology and studies. Patient candidates, obtaining PRP, injecting, results (what to expect), post op instructions and care and post op issues.
• Neurosonology- Entrapment Neuropathies of the extremities including suprascapular, radial, ulnar - cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, common peroneal nerve, tarsal tunnel syndrome and Morton’s neuroma. Other peripheral nerve injuries - traumatic, ischemic, metastatic, primary tumors and post-operative.
• Spinal and Sympathetic Chain Ultrasonography Procedures - Limitations of spine sonography and ultrasound guided procedures. Ultrasound-assisted/guided neuroaxial injection, zygapophysial joint and nerve block, sacroiliac joint injections, piriformis, caudal injection; mapping of sacral foramina. Ultrasound guided blocks of the stellate ganglion, and superior hypogastric plexi. Other applications (lumbar sympathetic, celiac plexus and impar ganglion.