Advances in Pain Therapy I

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. The Pain Clinic and Cancer Pain Treatment

   • Michael J. Cousins

   Pages 1-7

3. The WHO Concept of Cancer Pain Treatment: A Guideline Prototype and Its Context

   • Daniel B. Carr

   Pages 8-17

4. Systemic Opiate Treatment

   • Uwe Dethlefsen

   Pages 18-23

5. Spinal Opioid Treatment for Chronic Pain: An Update

   • Joachim Chrubasik, Sigrun Chrubasik

   Pages 24-37

6. Surgical Techniques in the Treatment of Pain

   • Y. Lazorthes

   Pages 38-58

7. Interpleural Pain Treatment

   • Per H. Rosenberg

   Pages 59-62

8. Percutaneous Dorsal Root Ganglia Lesions for Cancer Pain

   • David Niv

   Pages 63-68

9. Peptides for Analgesia: Intrathecal Administration

   • Richard D. Penn

   Pages 69-77

10. Biostimulation Techniques for Cancer Pain Management

    • Winston C. V. Parris

    Pages 78-86

Since 1961, when pain therapy was introduced by Bonica, the- re have been world-wide efforts to establish basic regimens for the treatment of chronic pain. Yet many patients still continue to suffer from intractable pain despite the availa- bility of effective treatment that would greatly improve their quality of life. The lack of specialists familiar with recent developments is one of the causes. There is con- sequently a great demand for interdisciplinary pain clinics and specialist training programs. This book constitutes both a valuable introduction and an overview of current basic regimens and the latest sophisticated techniques in pain therapy.

• Benignant Pain
• Cancer Pain
• Intractable Pain
• Krebs
• Krebsschmerz
• Opiate
• Opioid
• Schmerz
• Schmerzzustände gutartiger Genese
• Unbehandelbare Schmerzzustände

• Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  J. Chrubasik, E. Martin

• Dept. of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  M. Cousins

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