1 - Introduction and the Pathophysiology of Vertebrogenic Pain

Saturday, October 22, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET

Location: 343-344

Speaker(s)

Mahmood Gharib, MD

Assistant Professor, Medical Spine Medical Director
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

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A brief introduction (~5 min) to the course will be provided. This will be followed by the relevant neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of the basivertebral nerve as it relates to the topic of vertebrogenic pain (15 min)

Learning Objectives:

Review epidemiology of chronic low back pain.
Understand the histopathology at the disc-vertebra interface and associated end-plate damage.
Recognize Modic changes on MRI and its relevance to endplate damage.
Discuss relevant neuroanatomy of the basivertebral nerve.