Symptom Oriented Pain Management (2^nd Ed.)

The new edition of this comprehensive guide has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in symptom oriented pain management.

Divided into fifteen sections, the book begins with an overview of acute and chronic pain, clinical examination and evaluation, and imaging modalities.

The following chapters discuss different types of pain including neck pain, low back pain, cancer pain, neuropathic pain, scar pain, and more. Techniques for accurate diagnosis of aetiology are explained in depth.

The final sections describe pain management techniques including physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and allied therapy. A complete section is dedicated to challenging cases such as phantom limb pain and restless leg syndrome.

Edited by internationally recognised experts in the field, this second edition is highly illustrated with clinical photographs and diagrams. Previous edition (9789350257975) published in 2012.

Key points

• Fully revised, new edition presenting latest advances in symptom oriented pain management
• Complete section dedicated to challenging cases such as phantom limb pain and restless leg syndrome
• Edited by internationally recognised experts in the field
• Previous edition (9789350257975) published in 2012

Section 1: Basics

• Pain Management: A Historical Perspective
• Acute Pain
• Acute Turn to Chronic: Causes, Prevention, and Management
• Chronic Pain
• Interpretation of Blood Levels of Drugs Used in Chronic Pain Management

Section 2: Clinical Examination and Evaluation

• Clinical Examination and Evaluation of Cervical Spine
• Clinical Examination and Evaluation of Lumbar Spine

Section 3: Understanding Imaging Modalities for Pain Patient

• Interpretation of X-ray Spine
• Interpretation of Computer Tomography Scans for Interventional Pain Treatment Procedures
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pain Management
• Role of Electrodiagnosis in the Management of Neck and Back Pain
• Bone Mineral Density: Interpretation, Treatment, and Prevention

Section 4: Cervical/Neck Pain

• Headache: Causes and Treatment Modalities
• Trigeminal Neuralgia: Causes and Treatment
• Cervical Radiculopathy Pain and Its Management
• Cervical Facet Joint Pain and Its Management
• Cervical Diskogenic Pain and Its Management

Section 5: Low Back Pain

• Focal Back Pain and Its Management
• Lumbar Facet Joint Pain Syndrome
• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
• Lumbar Diskogenic Back Pain
• Sacroiliac Joint Pain Syndrome and Its Management
• Coccygodynia and Its Pain Management
• Piriformis and Iliopsoas Pain Syndromes and Its Pain Management

Section 6: Urogenital and Pelvic Pain

• Nonmalignant Urogenital Pain Management
• Chronic Nonmalignant Pelvic Pain

Section 7: Cancer Pain

• Head and Neck Cancer Pain Management
• Breast Cancer: Pain and Its Management
• Carcinoma Lung: Pain and Its Management
• Upper Abdominal Malignancy: Pain and Its Management
• Malignant Pelvic Pain and Its Management
• Metastatic Bone Pain Management

Section 8: Neuropathic Pain

• Neuropathic Pain: Approach, Pathophysiology, and Management

Section 9: Ischemic Pain

• Peripheral Vascular Disease: Causes and Pain Management

Section 10: Myofascial Pain

• Management of Myofascial Pain
• Fibromyalgia: Causes and Pain Management

Section 11: Scar Pain

• Post-herniorrhaphy Pain and Its Management
• Post-coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Scar Pain and Its Management

Section 12: Challenging Pain

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Where We Stand?
• Phantom Limb Pain: Causes and Pain Management
• Postherpetic Neuralgia: Causes and Pain Management
• Post-laminectomy Pain and Its Management
• Restless Leg Syndrome: Causes and Pain Management
• Calciphylaxis and Its Pain Management
• Regenerative Medicine for Spine and Orthopedic Conditions

Section 13: Physiotherapy

• Role of Physiotherapy in Treatment of Patients with Spinal Pain During the Acute/Inflammatory Phase
• Role of Physiotherapy in Treatment of Spinal Pain During Subacute/Reparative Phase
• Physiotherapy in Management of Chronic Pain

Section 14: Psychotherapy

• Role of Psychiatric Medications in Chronic Pain Management
• Pain Psychology and Its Treatment Options

Section 15: Allied Therapy

• Role of Radiation in Cancer Pain
• Role of Chemotherapy in Cancer Pain Management
• Oncosurgery and Cancer Associated Pain
• Management of Ophthalmic Pain

Index

Dwarkadas K Baheti MD
Consultant Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician, Bombay, Lilavati, Shushrusha, and Raheja Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sanjay Bakshi MD
President, Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine, New York, USA

Sanjeeva Gupta MBBS MD DNB FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
Consultant in Pain Medicine, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Spire Leeds Hospital, Nuffield Hospital Leeds, UK

Raghbir Singh P Gehdoo MD DA
Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India