Surgical Management of Pain

I Anatomic and Physiologic Foundations for Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain

1 Physiologic Anatomy of Nociception

2 Central Nervous System Mechanisms in Pain Modulation

3 Pathophysiology of Chronic Neuropathic Pain

II Pain Medicine

4 Approach to the Patient with Chronic Pain

5 Psychological Assessment

6 Oral and Transdermal Opioid Analgesics

7 Management of Pain by Anesthetic Techniques

8 Medical versus Multidimensional Management of Chronic Pain

9 The Role of the Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic

10 Outcome Assessment

11 Disability Assessment

12 Pain Treatment in the Dying Patient

III Pain Diagnoses and Their Nonsurgical Management

A Back Pain

13 Back Pain: The Evidence for Nonsurgical Management

14 Failed Back Syndrome: Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment

B Craniofacial Pain

15 Craniofacial Pain Mechanisms

16 Evidence-Based Approach to the Treatment of Facial Pain

C Trigeminal Neuralgia

17 Trigeminal Neuralgia

18 Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain and Anesthesia Dolorosa

D Nontrigeminal Cranial Neuralgias

19 Glossopharyngeal, Geniculate, and Other Cranial Neuralgias

20 Occipital Neuralgia: Clinical and Pathophysiological Considerations

E Postsurgical Neuropathic Pain

21 Postmastectomy Pain Syndrome

22 Postherniorrhaphy Pain Syndrome

F Posttraumatic Neuropathic Pain

23 Stump, Phantom, and Avulsion Pain

24 Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury

G Other Neuropathic Pains

25 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Type I and Type II

26 Postherpetic Neuralgia: Are There Neurosurgical Options?

27 Central Pain Secondary to Intracranial Lesions

H Cancer Pain

28 Cancer Pain

I Postoperative Pain

29 Postoperative Pain

IV Surgical Procedures for Pain

A Neuromodulation

1 Spinal Cord Stimulation

30 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Mechanisms of Action

31 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Patient Selection

32 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Equipment and Implantation Techniques

2 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

33 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

34 Occipital Nerve Stimulation

35 Trigeminal Neurostimulation for Neuropathic Facial Pain

36 Motor Cortex Stimulation

37 Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain

3 Intrathecal Therapy

38 An Overview of the Rational Use of Intrathecal Analgesic Therapies

39 Intrathecal Opioids: Patient Selection and Implant Technique

B Procedures for Craniofacial Pain

40 Surgical Options for Facial Pain

41 Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

42 Trigeminal Rhizotomy

43 Trigeminal Neurectomy

44 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia

45 Percutaneous Radiofrequency Trigeminal Gangliolysis for Trigeminal Neuralgia

46 Percutaneous Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizolysis

47 Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

48 Intracranial Procedures for Nontrigeminal Neuralgias

49 Percutaneous Computed Tomagraphy-Guided Trigeminal Tractotomy and Nucleotomy

C Procedures for Back Pain

50 Lumbar Spine Disorders: Natural History, Surgical Outcome, and Treatment Failure Management

D Destructive Procedures

51 Overview of Destructive Neurosurgical Procedures for Pain

52 Facet Blocks and Denervations

53 Dorsal Rhizotomy and Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy

54 Percutaneous Computed Tomography- Guided Cordotomy for Pain

55 Midline Myelotomy and the Interruption of the Postsynaptic Dorsal Column Pain Pathway for the Treatment of Visceral Pain

56 Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions

V New Directions for Pain Surgery

57 Functional Imaging of Pain: Insights and Implications

58 Evidence, the Practice of Pain Surgery, and the Institute of Medicine Report

59 Bridging the Gap: Translational Research and Pain Surgery