Surgical Management of Pain (eBook)

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