Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine

Jan Van Zundert MD, PhD, FIPP Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium. Jacob Patijn MD, PhD Neurologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Maastricht University Pain Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Craig T. Hartrick MD, DABPM, FIPP Anesthesiologist, Departments of Anesthesiology, Biomedical Sciences, and Health Sciences, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA. Arno Lataster MSc Anatomist, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Frank J.P.M. Huygen MD, PhD, FIPP Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Nagy Mekhail MD, PhD, FIPP Carl E. Wasmuth Professor and Chair, Department of Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Maarten Van Kleef MD, PhD, FIPP Neurologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Contributor List vii

Foreword by Menno E. Sluijter x

Foreword by P. Prithvi Raj xi

Intoduction xiii

1 Trigeminal Neuralgia 1
Maarten van Kleef, Wilco E. van Genderen, Samer Narouze, Turo J. Nurmikko, Jan Van Zundert, José W. Geurts and Nagy Mekhail

2 Cluster Headache 8
Maarten van Kleef, Arno Lataster, Samer Narouze, Nagy Mekhail, José W. Geurts and Jan Van Zundert

3 Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain 14
Paul Cornelissen, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail, Miles Day and Jan Van Zundert

4 Cervical Radicular Pain 18
Jan Van Zundert, Marc Huntoon, Jacob Patijn, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef

5 Cervical Facet Pain 31
Maarten van Eerd, Jacob Patijn, Arno Lataster, Richard W. Rosenquist, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail and Jan Van Zundert

6 Cervicogenic Headache 40
Hans van Suijlekom, Jan Van Zundert, Samer Narouze, Maarten van Kleef and Nagy Mekhail

7 Whiplash-Associated Disorders 45
Hans van Suijlekom, Nagy Mekhail, Nileshkumar Patel, Jan Van Zundert, Maarten van Kleef and Jacob Patijn

8 Occipital Neuralgia 49
Pascal Vanelderen, Arno Lataster, Robert Levy, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert

9 Painful Shoulder Complaints 55
Frank Huygen, Jacob Patijn, Olav Rohof, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert

10 Thoracic Pain 62
Maarten van Kleef, Robert Jan Stolker, Arno Lataster, José W. Geurts, Honorio T. Benzon and Nagy Mekhail

11 Lumbosacral Radicular Pain 71
Koen Van Boxem, Jianguo Cheng, Jacob Patijn, Maarten van Kleef, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail and Jan Van Zundert

12 Pain Originating from the Lumbar Facet Joints 87
Maarten van Kleef, Pascal Vanelderen, Steven P. Cohen, Arno Lataster, Jan Van Zundert and Nagy Mekhail

13 Sacroiliac Joint Pain 96
Pascal Vanelderen, Karolina Szadek, Steven P. Cohen, Jan De Witte, Arno Lataster, Jacob Patijn, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert

14 Coccygodynia 103
Jacob Patijn, Markus Janssen, Salim Hayek, Nagy Mekhail, Jan Van Zundert and Maarten van Kleef

15 Discogenic Low Back Pain 107
Jan Willem Kallewaard, Michel A. M. B. Terheggen, Gerbrand J. Groen, Menno E. Sluijter, Richard Derby, Leonardo Kapural, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef

16 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 123
Frank van Eijs, Michael Stanton-Hicks, Jan Van Zundert, Catharina G. Faber, Timothy R. Lubenow, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Frank Huygen

17 Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia 137
Albert J. M. van Wijck, Mark Wallace, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef

18 Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy 145
Wouter Pluijms, Frank Huygen, Jianguo Cheng, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef, Jan Van Zundert and Robert van Dongen

19 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 151
Jacob Patijn, Ricardo Vallejo, Markus Janssen, Frank Huygen, Arno Lataster, Maarten van Kleef and Nagy Mekhail

20 Meralgia Paresthetica 155
Jacob Patijn, Nagy Mekhail, Salim Hayek, Arno Lataster, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert

21 Phantom Pain 160
Andre Wolff, Eric Vanduynhoven, Maarten van Kleef, Frank Huygen, Jason E. Pope and Nagy Mekhail

22 Traumatic Plexus Lesion 168
Robert van Dongen, Steven P. Cohen, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail and Frank Huygen

23 Pain in Patients with Cancer 173
Kris C. P. Vissers, Kees Besse, Michel Wagemans, Wouter Zuurmond, Maurice J.M.M. Giezeman, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Allen W. Burton, Maarten van Kleef and Frank Huygen

24 Chronic Refractory Angina Pectoris 191
Maarten van Kleef, Peter Staats, Nagy Mekhail and Frank Huygen

25 Ischemic Pain in the Extremities and Raynaud’s Phenomenon 196
Jacques Devulder, Hans van Suijlekom, Robert Van Dongen, Sudhir Diwan, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Frank Huygen

26 Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis 202
Martine Puylaert, Leonardo Kapural, Jan Van Zundert, Dirk Peek, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Yolande C. A. Keulemans

Index 212