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Neurosurgical Pain Management
Description
Written exclusively from a neurosurgical perspective, this title is a concise and practical resource, yet covers a large information base from Myofascial Pain Syndromes to Peripheral Ablative Techniques. Organised into four sections: Fundamental Considerations in Pain Treatment, Pain Syndromes of Neurosurgical Importance, Neurosurgical Pain Therapies, and Miscellaneous Topics (which includes Physical Medicine and Rehabilitaion, Disability and Impairment in the Patient, and more).
With 40 additional contributing experts.
Key Features
Offers a multidisciplinary perspective with contributions from neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, and pain specialists.
Compares and contrasts treatment approaches to highlight their relative advantages, disadvantages, and indications.
Includes chapters on a multidisciplinary treatment program and how to build (and survive) a neurosurgical pain practice.
| Author: |
Dr Kenneth A. Follett, MD, PhD |
| ISBN: |
0721692419 |
| Publisher: |
W. B. Saunders |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| Year Published: |
2004 |
| No. of Pages: |
304 |
| Illustrations: |
120 |
| Contents: |
| 1. Approach to the Patient with Pain: Seres • 2. The Neuroanatomical and Neurophysiological Basis of Pain • 3. The Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain • 4. Psychological Considerations in Spine Surgery • 5. Pharmacological Therapies for Pain • 6. Myofascial Pain Syndromes • 7. Failed Back Surgery Syndrome • 8. Non-Trigeminal Craniofacial Pain Syndromes • 9: Treatment of Occipital Neuralgia and Related Posterior Headache Syndromes • 10. Trigeminal, Geniculate, and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia • 11. Central and Deafferentation Pain Syndromes • 12. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome • 13. Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain • 14: Peripheral Nerve Stiumation • 15. Neuraxial Analgesic Administration • 16. Intracranial Stiumation Therapies: Deep Brain Stimulation • 17. Motor Cortex Stiumation for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Syndromes • 18. Cordotomy • 19. Spinal Ablative Therapies: Myelotomy • 20. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions • 21. Brainstem Ablative Procedures • 22. Intracranial Ablative Procedures • 23. Peripheral Ablative Techniques • 24. Trigeminal Neuralgia-Peripheral Neurectomy • 25. Percutaneous Trigeminal Nerve Compression • 26. Percutaneous Trigeminal Neuralgia Glycerol Rhizotomy • 27. Trigeminal Neuralgia-Percutaneous RF Rhizotomy • 28. Posterior Fossa Procedures for Cranial Neuralgias • 29. Radiosurgery for Pain Management • 30. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Pain Management • 31. The Multidisciplinary Pain Treatment Program • 32. Building (and Surviving) a Neurosurgical Pain Practice • 33. Disability and Impairment in the Pain Patient • 34. Outcome Assessment |
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| About The Author: |
| Dr Kenneth A. Follett , MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA |
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