Neuropathic Pain

Nadine Attal, MD, PhD, is a neurologist, Professor of Therapeutics and Pain Medicine at Paris Saclay University, head of The Pain Center at Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France and associate director of the U 987 INSERM research Unit. She has played a leading role in translational research in pain and has published in leading journals. She is section editor for BJA and PainReports and Councilmember of the International Association for the Study of Pain. She was appointed “chevalier de la létion d'honneur” in 2016, and received awards from the French Science Academy (2017) and the Rynd Award from the Irish Society of Anesthesiologists (2022). Dr. Didier Bouhassira (MD, PhD) has been trained in neurology and neurophysiology in Paris. He has been involved in both basic and clinical research on pain and is currently Director of Research at the National Institut for Health and Medical Research (Inserm). He is associate attending neurologist in the Pain Clinic at Ambroise Paré hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt and director of the laboratory of "Pathophysiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Pain" (Inserm U-987). Didier Bouhassira was president of the French Pain Society (2013-2016) and is an active member of several international associations or societies. He has been field editor for the European Journal of Pain (2008-2021) and associate editor for several scientific journals including Pain. He has co-authored over 220 articles in peer reviewed journals and has written a number of book chapters devoted to the pharmacology and pathophysiology of pain.

SECTION I: CLINICAL CASES, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

1. Is this neuropathic pain?

2. How do I implement therapeutic management?

3. Back and leg pain

4. Paresthesia of the hand

5. Itch and herpes zoster

6. Painful legs and diabetes, case 1

7. Painful legs and diabetes, case 2

8. Groin pain after hernia repair

9. Pain after surgery for hand fracture

10. Pain and amputation

11. Pain and breast cancer surgery

12. Cold evoked symptoms after chemotherapy

13. Cervicobrachial pain and cancer

14. My body is boiling

15. Pain and Covid 19

16. Pelvic pain

17. Burning mouth

18. Orofacial pain

19. A lightning in the face

20. Brachial plexus avulsion

21. Pain and paraplegia l

22. Pain and multiple sclerosis

23. Sudden onset facial pain

24. Pain and Parkinson

25. Burning hands

26. Neuropathic pain in a child

SECTION II: THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS IN PRIMARY CARE

27. Antidepressants and antiepileptics

28. Topical therapy

29. The case of opioids

30. Physical therapy

31. Psychotherapies

32. Complementary medicine

33. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

SECTION III: SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY

34. Management of high risk patients

35. Management of patients with comorbididies

36. Management of neuropathic pain: role of patient reported outcome measures

37. Management of neuropathic pain: role of quantitative sensory testing

38. Complementary investigations

39. The case of cannabinoids

40. Nerve blocks and drug infusions

41. Noninvasive brain stimulation

42. When do I refer for invasive therapies?

43. Peripheral nerve stimulation and radiofrequency

44. Spinal cord stimulation

45. Invasive brain stimulation and intrathecal therapy