The use of electricity for painful disorders is not new and has a long and varied history; however, after Melzack and Wall introduced the gate control theory of pain in 1965, it was not too far thereafter that medical innovators introduced modern day neuromodulatory techniques for the control of pain. Today, neuromodulation remains one of the fastest growing fields in modern medicine. Neuromodulation has the ability to help millions of people with varied disorders and diseases that include, but are not limited to, psychiatric disorders such as refractory depression, obsessive compulsive disorder or Tourette syndrome, disorders of movement such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease or dystonia, diseases of the heart such as angina or disorders of rhythm, autonomic diseases such as congestive heart failure or hypertension, a multitude of chronic painful disorders such as pain from failed back surgery syndrome, atypical face pain, tic douloureux, complex regional pain syndromes, diabetic neuropathy, migraines and many more, dysmotility disorders of the stomach and gut, painful and functional bladder disorders, etc.
In this first volume (Volume 1: Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain) of a series of volumes titled, Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management, Dr. Timothy Deer has put together some of the leading experts of the field to address neurostimulation techniques for the control of chronic painful disorders. This volume is quite extensive and authoritative and includes, to name only a few, chapters on the history of neurostimulation, an overview of spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation techniques, stimulation for spinal disorders, visceral pain syndromes, occipital headaches and angina pectoris and stimulation of the brain. This volume also includes procedural videos of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and deep brain stimulation that can be viewed on the companion website at www.expertconsult.com.
Key Features
- Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind interventional and neuromodulatory techniques and master their execution.
- Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines.
- Apply the newest developments in motor cortex stimulation, deep brain stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, and spinal cord stimulation.
- Quickly find the information you need in a user-friendly format with strictly templated chapters supplemented with illustrative line drawings, images, and treatment algorithms.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
Contents
Section I - General Considerations
- Chapter 1 - History of Neurostimulation
- Chapter 2 - Mechanisms of Spinal Neuromodulation
- Chapter 3 - Medical Considerations in Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 4 - Patient Selection
Section II - Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 5 - Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 6 - Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 7 - Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 8 - Spinal Cord Stimulation as a Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Chapter 9 - Neurostimulation in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Chapter 10 - Spinal Cord Stimulation for Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Chapter 11 - Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Angina and Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Chapter 12 - Spinal Cord Stimulation for Visceral Abdominal Pain
- Chapter 13 - Nerve Root, Sacral, and Pelvic Stimulation
- Chapter 14 - Emerging Indications and Other Applications of Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Chapter 15 - Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation
Section III - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Chapter 16 - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Chapter 17 - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Chapter 18 - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Chapter 19 - Occipital Neurostimulation
- Chapter 20 - Peripheral Subcutaneous Stimulation for Intractable Pain
- Chapter 21 - Motor Cortex Stimulation for Relief of Chronic Pain
- Chapter 22 - Deep Brain Stimulation
Section IV - Practice Management
- Chapter 23 - Coding and Billing for Neurostimulation
- Chapter 24 - Cost-Effectiveness of Neurostimulation
Section V - Future Directions
- Chapter 25 - The Future of Neurostimulation
About the Authors
- Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University; Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Robert Levy, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Physiology, and Radiation Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
- Timothy R. Deer, MD, DABPM, FIPP, President and CEO, The Center for Pain Relief; Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, West Virginia.
Book Review
This volume should be of interest to medical students, physicians and nurses who treat chronic pain, neurosurgeons, neurologists, bioengineers, device manufacturers and their representatives, insurers and those who invest in devices to improve function in man.
- Elliot S. Krames, MD, Medical Director, Pacific Pain Treatment Center, San Francisco, California -
Product Details
- Hardcover: 248 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; Har/DVD edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1437722164
- ISBN-13: 978-1437722161
List Price: $139.00