What Injectate Volume is Sufficient for Cervical Medial Branch Blocks?

Wahezi SE et al.

Earn CME for reviewing a journal article and evidentiary table that analyzes the methodology and findings of a study examining the spread and volume of injectate required for a valid cervical medial branch block (MBB).

The paper, Cervical Medial Branch Block Volume Dependent Dispersion Patterns as a Predictor for Ablation Success: A Cadaveric Study by Wahezi SE et al., was critically reviewed by SIS Research Division members Drs. Anthony Schwarzer and Byron Schneider.

Credit CME:1.0

Tag(s) Online Journal Club

What Injectate Volume is Sufficient for Cervical Medial Branch Blocks?

Description

As busy physicians, Spine Intervention Society members struggle to keep up with the never-ending stream of new research findings that can impact their practice. Members need to be able to attend to research findings and understand how such data can assist their clinical practice. Members can benefit from being able to defend their treatment plans to insurance carriers and will better understand directions for future research pursuits.

On a quarterly basis, Research Division members identify and review three high impact papers that are of most interest to interventional spine care, summarizing and critically appraising the studies, and posting the summary, critique and reference information. This online activity will provide learners with the opportunity to obtain Journal-based CME credit for reading one of these articles, reviewing the associated evidentiary table, and completing a short assessment via SpineNet.

You will be awarded CME credit after reading the article, reviewing the evidentiary table, and completing the post-test.

CME Credits: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

Price: $24.95 Members; $9.95 Residents/Fellows; $49.95 Non-Members

Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

- Examine emerging literature to mitigate risks and to practice spine interventions safely and best protect patients;

- Discuss the application of evidence-based medicine principles to recent research findings;

- Apply research findings to the practice of ethical, evidence-based interventional spine care.

Research Division Reviewers

Anthony Schwarzer, MB BS, PhD and Byron Schneider, MD

Disclosures
Schwarzer, Anthony: Stock ownership or investment interest in a commercial interest: Stocks in Ramsay Health and CSL.

Schneider, Byron: Service as a consultant: AIM Specialty Health, State Farm; Advisory committee: MACRA; Any position in a healthcare, medical, or physician society/association (committee): AAPM&R, NASS, SIS, AAP; Travel Expenses: NASS, SIS.

Research Division Planners

Anthony Schwarzer, MB BS, PhD and David Levi, MD

Disclosures
Schwarzer, Anthony: Stock ownership or investment interest in a commercial interest: Stocks in Ramsay Health and CSL.

Levi, David: No Financial Relationships to Disclose.

Commercial Support
No commercial support was received for this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Spine Intervention Society (SIS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
SIS designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Method of Physician Participation
Each participant will read the journal article and evidentiary table and then answer post-test questions.

Copyright
Materials presented in this activity have been made available by the Spine Intervention Society for educational purposes only. We reserve all rights to such material.

Date of Activity Release: 4/30/2019

Date of Activity Expiration: 4/29/2022