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Central Pain Syndrome
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An updated edition of this definitive, unrivalled, no-nonsense textbook, providing treatment guidelines for effective central pain management.
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A fully updated new edition of this definitive, unrivalled, no-nonsense textbook, Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management provides new treatment guidelines that aid the reader in effective management.• Encyclopedic coverage of all drug and surgical therapies, including the hot field of non-invasive and invasive cortical stimulation• 26 totally rewritten chapters include expanded sections on deep brain, spinal and other forms of stimulation, and a chapter on the efficacy of alternative and complementary medicine• Critical analysis of all current competing theories, including an expanded account of the leading dynamic reverberation theory which now incorporates a cortical attractor-based model• Clear-cut indications on drug usage, with black boxes for ineffective or dangerous drugsA classic textbook widely hailed on patients' websites, this is key reading for medical specialists and trainees in pain management, neurology, neurosurgery and anesthesiology, as well as for patients
| Author | Sergio Canavero , Vincenzo Bonicalzi |
|---|---|
| Table Of Content | Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction Part II. Clinical Features and Diagnosis: 2. Epidemiology 3. Clinical features 4. Somatosensory findings 5. Central pruritus 6. Natural history 7. Central pain allied conditions and special considerations 8. Diagnosing central pain Part III. Treatment: 9. Drug therapy 10. Neuromodulation 11. Cortical stimulation 12. Deep brain stimulation 13. Spinal cord stimulation 14. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 15. Other stimulation techniques 16. Intraspinal drug infusion 17. Alternative and complementary approaches 18. Conclusions on therapy Part IV. Pathophysiology: 19. Introduction to pathophysiology 20. Sudden disappearances of central pain 21. Results of neuroablation 22. Neurophysiological studies 23. Imaging studies 24. Drug dissection 25. Is this a spinal generator of central pain? 26. Attractor-driven dynamic reverberation Appendix: erroneous theories of central pain References Index. |
| Format | Hardback |
| Publish Date | 13 Oct 2011 |
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