Main description:

Chronic Abdominal Pain is a comprehensive resource focused on the management of chronic abdominal pain. Chapters begin with an overview of pain generation, adaptive mechanisms and various diagnostic approaches. A complete range of novel, conservative, minimally invasive and surgical therapeutic options and their proper selection are then discussed along with evidence-based and practical clinical aspects of patient care. Authored by a team of world-renowned physicians and researchers, this definitive guide provides novel algorithms for contemporary treatment of chronic abdominal pain, giving pain medicine clinicians and practitioners the knowledge needed to assess and treat patients with abdominal pain.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Etiology and Mechanisms of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chapter 2. The Epidemiology of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chapter 3. Establishing Diagnosis of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Gastroenterologist View

Chapter 4. Establishing Diagnosis of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Pain Medicine view

Chapter 5. Lessons Learned from Visceral Sensory Stimulation: Implications for Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chapter 6. Abdominal Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Chapter 7. Gastroparesis: Pathophysiology of Chronic Abdominal Pain and Current Treatment

Chapter 8. Chronic Pain Due to Postsurgical Intra-Abdominal Adhesions: Therapeutic Options

Chapter 9. Chronic Pancreatitis with or without Acute Exacerbations: Novel Options for Pain Control

Chapter 10. Chronic Abdominal Pain of Gynecologic Causes: Diagnosis and Treatment

Chapter 11. Pediatric Chronic Abdominal Pain: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment

Chapter 12. Interventional Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children

Chapter 13. Cancer-Related Abdominal Pain

Chapter 14. Opioids in Abdominal Pain

Chapter 15. Sympathetic Blocks for Chronic Abdominal Pain -

Chapter 16. Radiofrequency and Neurolysis for the Treatment of Chronic Visceral Abdominal Pain

Chapter 17. Regional Anesthesia for Abdominal/Truncal Pain

Chapter 18. Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain: Diagnosis and Interventional Treatment

Chapter 19. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chapter 20. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Abdominal Pain

Chapter 21. Gastric and other Visceral Stimulation for Chronic Painful Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders

Chapter 22. Intrathecal Therapy for Non-malignant and Malignant Abdominal Pain

Chapter 23. Surgical Options for Chronic Visceral Abdominal Pain

Chapter 24. Neurosurgical Options for Control of Chronic and Malignant Abdominal Pain

Chapter 25. Psychological Determinants and Treatments for Chronic Abdominal Pain.