Ebook Surgical Management of Pain 2nd Edition

by Kim J. Burchiel (Editor)

Surgical Management of Pain, Second Edition, is a completely updated state-of-the-art reference on neurosurgical pain management. This new edition is in full color and includes the following sections: Anatomic and Physiologic Foundations for Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain, Pain Medicine, Pain Diagnoses, Surgical Procedures for Pain, and New Directions for Pain Surgery. The chapters in the book focus on procedures that are currently performed by neurosurgeons to relieve pain.

Key Features:

Emphasizes best evidence treatment options

Free online access to videos demonstrating surgical techniques described in the book

Explores nonsurgical and pharmacologic methods of pain control

Beautifully illustrated drawings convey the wisdom of expert surgeons

This book is a must-have for all neurosurgeons treating patients suffering from acute and/or chronic pain.

Review

Excellent, focused evaluation of the surgical options available to the neurosurgeon. Highly recommended for practicing neurosurgeons interested in the field of pain management...An excellent successor to White and Sweet's Pain: It's Mechanisms and Neurosurgical Control...a substantial and much needed addition to the field. --Journal of Neurosurgery...is well organized, with broad coverage not only of surgical approaches to pain management but also of nonsurgical and pharmacologic methods of pain control. ... The list of well-known contributors to the book reads like a Who's Who in the field of pain management. ... This excellent book will interest anyone treating pain and pain syndromes, regardless of their specialty and regardless of whether they see patients whose primary symptom is pain or other patients. The material will be of value to those of all levels of expertise, from students to generalists, surgeons, and anesthesiologists and those who specialize in the day-to-day management of difficult, recurrent, and intractable pain. --The New England Journal of Medicine...a modern bible of pain surgery...definitive text written by a comprehensive international group of contributers. ...this book should be on the shelf of all pain surgeons. It is essential reading for all neurosurgical trainees and a major reference work for practicing pain surgeons. --Journal of Neurology, 01/2003