Neurosurgical Management of Pain

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Pain Physiology and Clinical Presentation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Physiology of Pain

      • Richard A. Meyer, Patrick M. Dougherty

      Pages 3-21

   3. Psychological and Psychiatric Aspects of Pain

      • Nelson Hendler

      Pages 22-36

   4. Rehabilitation and Treatment Outcome

      • Hubert L. Rosomoff, Joel Seres

      Pages 37-45

   5. Low Back Pain

      • John D. Loeser

      Pages 46-54

   6. Low Back Pain

      • Don M. Long

      Pages 55-58

   7. Ischemic Pain

      • John D. Loeser

      Pages 59-61

   8. Chronic Nociceptive Pain Syndromes: Cancer Pain

      • Russell K. Portenoy

      Pages 62-74

   9. Peripheral Nerve Injury and Sympathetically Maintained Pain: Mechanisms and Surgical Approach

      • James N. Campbell

      Pages 75-82

   10. Facial and Cranial Pain

       • Kim J. Burchiel, Jeffery N. Burgess

       Pages 83-99

   11. Chronic Pain Syndromes of the Central Nervous System 8A Phantom and Stump Pain

       • Ronald R. Tasker

       Pages 100-116

   12. Pharmacotherapy of Chronic Pain

       • Nelson Hendler

       Pages 117-129

3. Neurosurgical Procedures: Anatomic and Ablative

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Neurosurgical Procedures of the Peripheral Nerves

      • Kim J. Burchiel

      Pages 133-161

   3. Neurosurgical Procedures of the Sympathetic Nervous System

      • Harold Arthur Wilkinson

      Pages 162-175

   4. DREZ Lesions for Treatment of Pain

      • Allan H. Friedman, James R. B. Nashold, Blaine S. Nashold Jr.

      Pages 176-190

   5. Cordotomy and Myelotomy

      • Ronald R. Tasker, Richard North

      Pages 191-220

   6. Trigeminal Nerve and Ganglion Procedures

      • Ronald I. Apfelbaum

      Pages 221-242

   7. Intracranial Ablative Procedures

      • Philip L. Gildenberg, Richard B. North, Samuel J. Hassenbusch

      Pages 243-258

Neurosurgical Management of Pain presents the full range of procedures for the management of chronic, intractable pain. Criteria for patient selection, the details of operative techniques, risks, complications, and expected outcomes are offered for a wide variety of anatomic, ablative, and augmentative neurosurgical procedures for the treatment of pain. Chapters on the latest neuroaugmentative advances utilizing electrical stimulation and implantable drug infusion systems are included as well as a useful section providing algorithms and guidelines for evaluation and treatment of specific pain syndromes. Over 100 exquisite line drawings and photographs augment the text. For both the trainee and experienced neurosurgeon, this volume is invaluable for acquiring the critical judgement and clinical skills necessary to apply these procedures.

• Nervous System
• brain
• central nervous system
• pain
• pharmacotherapy
• rehabilitation
• spinal cord
• surgery
• treatment

• Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

  Richard B. North

• Division of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA

  Robert M. Levy

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