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. Organized 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).   
 

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.  
 
 

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