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Bassem Abraham, MD Chief of Pain Services, John Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Adjunct Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, St Louis University School of Medicine

Bassem Abraham, MD is a member of the following medical societies: International Spine Intervention Society

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Arvind Chandrakantan, MBBS, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Stony Brook University Medical Center

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Meda Raghavendra (Raghu), MD Associate Professor, Interventional Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center

Meda Raghavendra (Raghu), MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

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Acknowledgments

Medscape Reference thanks James R Verheyden, MD, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Center of the Cascades, for assistance with the video contribution to this article.

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