Main description:

Designed and written by a team of clinically established academics, this is a unique book that is an excellent manual for physicians practicing pain medicine or treating pain in neurosurgery, orthopedic, neurology, or family practice clinics. As a practical resource, this book is written to be more accessible to the reader and is designed to be more clinically-focused and useful in day-to-day practice. This 102 chapter volume is divided into seven separate sections: Anatomy and Physiology of Pain, Psychology of Pain, Pharmacological Treatment of Pain, Interventional Treatment of Pain, Adjuvant Therapies for Pain and Suggested Reading. The calculated organization of this book is supplemented by key photos, drawings and a self-assessment of four key questions at the end of each chapter -- thus making it an indispensable, pragmatic resource that will benefit anyone working in the pain management field. Deer's Treatment of Pain: An Illustrated Guide for Practitioners contains pearls for improving knowledge and improving one's practice as a physician.

Contents:

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. The Disease-Based Treatment of Pain

Andrew So and Karina Gritsenko

2. Algorithms of Pain Treatment

Andrew So and Karina Gritsenko

3. The Opioid Epidemic and the Need for a Pain Strategy

Tory L. McJunkin, Paul J. Lynch, and Edward L. Swing

PART 2: ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN

4. Nerve Function and Neurons

Tony George and Didier Demesmin

5. Peripheral Nerve Anatomy

Daniel Rothstein and Didier Demesmin

6. Spinal Cord Anatomy

Alan Gonzalez Cota

7. Anatomy of the Brain and Brainstem

Mark N. Malinowski

8. Mediators of Pain and Pain Processing

Mark N. Malinowski

9. Taxonomy of Pain

Nicholas J. Bremer

10. Pain Relieving Mechanisms in Neuromodulation

Vikram Sengupta, Sascha Qian, Ned Urbiztondo, and Nameer Haider

PART 3: PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN

11. The Normal Response to Pain

Randall P. Brewer

12. Pain and Suffering

Marilyn S. Jacobs

13. Social Impact of Pain Response

Alan Gonzalez Cota

14. Role of Religion and Spirituality in the Patient Pain Experience

Amy Wachholtz and Christina E. Fitch

15. Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Chronic Pain

Shamard Charles, Alexios Carayannopoulos, and Sanket Pathak

16. Psychological Treatments to Improve Outcomes

Marilyn S. Jacobs

17. Psychological Evaluation for Those Receiving Devices for the Treatment Of Pain

Ioannis M. Skaribas and Kevin Smith

PART 4: PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF PAIN

18. Acetaminophen and Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

Rishi Raj Agarwal, Rishi Gaiha, and Geeta Nagpal

19. Anticonvulsants in the Treatment of Pain

Clarence T. Li and James C. Watson

20. Botulinum Toxin

Kris Ferguson and Nicole Wolfgram

21. Sodium Channel Antagonists

Katherine D. Travnicek

22. Anti-Spasmodics and Muscle Relaxants

Katherine D. Travnicek

23. Antidepressants in Pain Management

Kris Ferguson and Nicole Wolfgram

24. Ketamine and NMDA-Receptor Antagonists

Mihir M. Kamdar

25. Novel Analgesics

Vitaly Gordin, Daniel Morgan, Michael Mueller, Alba Guevara, and Yuri Gordin

26. Injectable Corticosteroids

Devang Padalia, Neal Shah, Jaspreet Singh, Navdeep Jassal, Corey Reeves, and Randall Brewer

27. Topical Therapies

Devang Padalia, Neal Shah, Jaspreet Singh, Samia Malik, Osama Hafez, and Randall Brewer

28. Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Jason Edward Pope and Timothy R. Deer

29. Opioids for Cancer Pain and Hospice Care

Thomas P. Pittelkow and Halena M. Gazelka

30. Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics of Pain Treatment

Piotr K Janicki

PART 5: INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF PAIN

31. Radiation Safety

Chong H. Kim, Torin Walters, and Vikram Patel

32. Radiofrequency Ablation

Chase A. Kissling, David A. Provenzano, Steven P. Cohen, and Eric Lee

33. Basic Science of Radiofrequency

Tiffany Lin, Simon Willis, Dost Khan, and Maunak V. Rana

34. Cryotherapy

Maged Guirguis, Ian Hakkinen, Yamah Amiri, Jose Posas, and Chong Kim

35. Chemodenervation: Neurolytic Blockade and Potent Neurotoxins for the Treatment of Cancer Pain

Puneet Sayal, Michael S. Leong, and David Copenhaver

36. Blockade of the Nerves of the Head and Face

Narayan R. Kissoon

37. Ganglion Blocks of Head and Face

Reda Tolba and Tyler Nix

38. Destructive procedures of the Head and Face

Xiang Qian and Anuj Aggarwal

39. Interlaminar Approach for Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection

Sanket Pathak and Andrew Ng

40. Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Injections

Anish Sethiand and Dajie Wang

41. Diagnostic Cervical Nerve Root Blocks

Kiran K Koneti and Ashish Gulve

42. Cervical Facet Joint Injection and Medial Branch Blocks

Ajax Yang, Jonathan Hagedorn, Sameer Jain, and Jay M. Shah

43. Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy

Jay M. Shah, Jonathan Hagedorn, Ajax Yang and Sameer Jain

44. Intercostal Nerve Block

Reda Tolba and Alexander Fontenot

45. Intercostal Nerve Block

Reda Tolba, MD and Alexander Fontenot, MD

46. Thoracic Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection

Christian Peccora

47. Thoracic Facet and Medial Branch Blocks

Rebecca A. Sanders

48. Radiofrequency Ablation in the Thoracic Spine

Eric Lee and Chane Price

49. Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injection

Ioannis M. Skaribas, Jennifer L. Erian, Dustin Reynolds, and Elena E. Skaribas

50. Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Corticosteroid Injections

Nicholas J. Bremer and Mark N. Malinowski

51. Lumbar Facet and Medial Branch Block

Sameer Jain, Jonathan Hagedorn, Jay M. Shah, and Ajax Yang

52. Sacroiliac Joint Injection

Ioannis M. Skaribas, Bryan K. Lai, Eric V. Ngo, and Elena E. Skaribas

53. Sacroiliac Joint Radiofrequency

Susan Lim and Christopher Gilligan

54. Sacroiliac Joint Fusion

Edna Gouveia, Daniel R Denis, Taylor Brittan, Joshua Hanna, and Maged Guirguis

55. Caudal Epidural Injection

Atul A. Walia, Hiep Tran, and Dan DuBose

56. Stellate Ganglion Block

Ioannis M. Skaribas, Aanchal Sharma, and Elena E. Skaribas

57. Lumbar Sympathetic Block

Sascha Qian, Vikram Sengupta, Ned Urbiztondo, and Nameer Haider

58. Celiac Plexus Block and Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block

Dawood Sayed, Patrick Grace, and Brian Wetherington

59. Ganglion Impar Block

Markus A. Bendel

60. Large Joint Injections

Yasmine Hoydonckx and Philip Peng

PART 6: NEUROMODULATION

61. Deep Brain Stimulation

James Dierkes, Julie G. Pilitsis, and Steven Falowski

62. Motor Cortex Stimulation

Kurt A. Yaeger and Brian Harris Kopell

63. Occipital Nerve Stimulation

Lucas W. Campos

64. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block

Mark N. Malinowski and Nicholas J. Bremer

65. Percutaneous Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation

Jeffery Rowe and Dawood Sayed

66. Surgical Leads for the Cervical Spine

Roger Strachan and Sam Eldabe

67. Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation-Cervical Spine

G Baranidharan, Corey W Hunter, and Jason Pope

68. Percutaneous Thoracic Neurostimulation for Chronic Pain

Tory L. McJunkin, Paul J. Lynch, and Edward L. Swing

69. Surgical Lead for the Thoracic Spine

Geoffrey Stricsek and Steven Falowski

70. Percutaneous Lumbar Stimulation

Lucas W. Campos and Eric T. Lee

71. Thoracic and Lumbar Dorsal Root Ganglion Spinal Stimulation

Denis G. Patterson, Pankaj Mehta, Javed Baksh, Mathew Roberts, Maged Guirguis, Corey Hunter, Jason E. Pope, Jeffrey Rowe, Dawood Sayed, and Jonathan Carlson,

72. Percutaneous Sacral Nerve Stimulation

Corey W Hunter and Dipan Patel

73. Sacral Dorsal Root Ganglion Spinal Stimulation

Jeffery Rowe, Timothy Deer, Pankaj Mehta, Jason Pope, Denis Patterson, Javid Baksh, and Maged Guirguis

74. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Pankaj Mehta

75. Stimulation Methods and Device Choices: Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Seth Christian, Vafi Salmasi,and Michael S. Leong

76. Patient Selection

Sean Li

77. Wound Closure and Surgical Healing

Stephen Coleman, Vafi Salmasi, and Michael S. Leong

78. Complications of Neuromodulation

Tim Lamer

PART 7: NEUROAXIAL THERAPIES

79. Intrathecal Pharmacology

Lucas W. Campos

80. Patient Selection

Lucas W. Campos

81. Intrathecal Device Considerations

Chong H. Kim

82. Intrathecal Agents and Algorithms: Review of PACC 2012 and 2017 Guidelines and Beyond

Michael S. Leong, Lynn Ngai, and William A. Stuart

83. Implantable Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Pain and End Of Life Care

Ann Cai Shah, Kenneth Ike, Lisa Stearns, and Lawrence Poree

84. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

Ankit Maheshwari and Elias Veizi

85. IDDS For Movement Disorders

Sadie E. Smith and Bunty J. Shah

86. Ziconitide for Intrathecal Use

Corey W. Hunter and Dipan Patel

PART 8: REGENERATIVE THERAPIES FOR CHRONIC PAIN

87. Scientific Bases of PRP Therapy

Corey W Hunter and Ajax Yang

88. Scientific Basis for Stem Cell Therapy

Luke Law, Christy Hunt, and Wenchun Qu

89. Stem Cells

Ajax Yang, Corey W Hunter, Tory McJunkin, Paul Lynch, and Edward Swing

90. Regenerative Therapies for Chronic Intradiscal Pain

Christy Hunt, Luke Law, and Wenchun Qu

91. PRP Therapies (Tendons, Joints, Spine)

Ajax Yang, Corey W Hunter, and Tory McJunkin

PART 9: INTRADISCAL AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE STRUCTURAL SURGERIES

92. Discography

Bunty J. Shah

93. Endoscopic Discectomy

Jonathan D. Carlson, Abram H. Burgher, and Gabriel P. Jasper

94. Vertebral Augmentation for Painful Vertebral Compression Fractures

Tory L. McJunkin, Paul J. Lynch, and Edward L. Swing

95. Vertebroplasty and other methods of vertebral augmentation

Julian Maingard, Nicole S Carter, Hamed Asadi, Lee-Anne Slater, Thabele Leslie-Mazwi, Joshua A Hirsch, and Ronil V. Chandra

96. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression

Sean Li

97. Interspinous Process Spacers for Indirect Lumbar Decompression

Jonathan Carlson, W. Porter McRoberts, and Jeffrey Rowe

PART 10. REHABILITATION AND ADJUVANT THERAPIES FOR PAIN

98. Physical Therapy

Shamard Charles, Alexios Carayannopoulos, and Amanda Markow

99. Acupuncture

Tony Y. Chon

PART 11. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS

100. Cybersecurity of Medical Devices: Past, Present, and Future

Nameer Haider, Christopher Gates, Vikram Sengupta, and Sascha Qian

101. Coding and Billing

Tina Rivenbark and Jeffrey Peterson

102. Medicare Payment Quality Measures

Mehul J Desai and Michael Leon