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Neurosurgical and Medical Management of Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Ronald Brisman

    1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Topics in Neurosurgery (TINS, volume 3)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 1-2

  3. Basic Science of Pain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3
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    2. Neuroanatomical, Neurophysiological, and Neurochemical Basis of Pain

      • Robert R. Goodman
      Pages 5-22

  4. Trigeminal Neuralgia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Facial Pains: Diagnosis, Natural History, and Nonsurgical Treatment

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 25-33

    3. Overview of Neurosurgical Treatment of Facial Neuralgias

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 35-39

    4. Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia by Radiofrequency Electrocoagulation

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 41-49

    5. Retrogasserian Glycerol Injection with or without Radiofrequency Electrocoagulation for Trigeminal Neuralgia

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 51-56

    6. Suboccipital Craniectomy and Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 57-63

    7. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Brain Tumors

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 65-70

    8. Bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 71-76

    9. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Multiple Sclerosis

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 77-81

    10. Neuralgia of the Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Nerves

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 83-90

  5. Chronic Benign Pain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Anesthesiologic Management of Chronic Benign Pain

      • Howard L. Rosner
      Pages 93-104

    3. Psychiatric Management of Chronic Benign Pain

      • Ralph N. Wharton
      Pages 105-111

    4. Physiatric Management of Chronic Benign Pain

      • Stanley J. Myers
      Pages 113-124

    5. Neurosurgical Aspects of Chronic Pain

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 125-126

    6. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Relief of Chronic Pain

      • Ronald Brisman
      Pages 127-133
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About this book

Ronald Brisman, M.D. This book will discuss three areas where the The multiplicity of procedures with varying neurosurgeon may provide an important degrees of risks and benefits sometimes re­ contribution to the relief of intractable pain: quires a sequential approach, but always an trigeminal and other facial neuralgias, chronic individual one, matching an appropriate treat­ noncancer pain, and cancer pain. By one ment plan or procedure for a particular patient intervention, the neurosurgeon often may pro­ at a specific time in his or her illness. vide long-lasting pain relief. New techniques, The neurosurgical chapters in this book which have developed since the 1970s and represent my experience with several hundred continue to evolve, dominate the neurosur­ patients during a 12-year period from 1975 gical armamentarium because they are not only through 1987. I have relied heavily on the effective, but safe. These include percutaneous works of others, which have been quoted from radio frequency electrocoagulation for trigem­ the neurosurgical literature, but this book is inal neuralgia, spinal stimulation for chronic not meant to be encyclopedic. noncancer pain, and intraspinal morphine in­ At least as important as knowing when to fusion for cancer pain. operate is knowing when not to do so, and this Sometimes a procedure relieves pain but the is particularly true of the treatment of pain. pain recurs; it may be necessary to repeat the Most patients with pain do not require neuro­ procedure, which in the case of radiofrequency surgical intervention.

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Ronald Brisman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurosurgical and Medical Management of Pain: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Cancer Pain

  • Editors: Ronald Brisman

  • Series Title: Topics in Neurosurgery

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1651-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-405-5Published: 28 February 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8917-3Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1651-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 206

  • Topics: Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry

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