Interventional Management of Chronic Visceral Pain Syndromes

Description:

 

Offering timely coverage of this complex field, Interventional Management of Chronic Visceral Pain Syndromes is a practical, evidence-based guide for the mechanisms, presentation, diagnosis, and treatments of chronic non-malignant and malignant abdominal pain syndromes. Experienced clinicians and academic leaders in pain medicine comprehensively discuss best-practice guidelines using the newest interventional techniques, including dorsal root ganglion stimulation, high frequency spinal cord stimulation, and low-dose intrathecal infusion pumps. Coverage includes malignant and non-malignant gastrointestinal pain, malignant and non-malignant pelvic pain in males and females, rectal pain, and chest pain.

 

 

Table Of Contents:

 

1. Epidemiology of Visceral Pain Syndromes

2. Neuroanatomy and Mechanisms of Visceral Pain

Pelvic Pain Syndromes

3. Female Pelvic Pain

4. Malignant Pelvic Pain

5. Chronic Prostatitis

6. Coccydynia

7. Pudendal Neuralgia

8. Post-Surgical Pelvic Pain

9. Functional Anorectal Pain

Malignant Gastrointestinal Pain

10. Pancreatic Cancer

11. Liver cancer

12. Gastric cancer

13. Colorectal cancer

Non-Malignant Gastrointestinal Pain

14. Chronic pancreatitis

15. Chronic post-surgical pain (CPSP)

16. Chronic abdominal wall pain

17. Mesenteric ischemia

18. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

19. Irritable bowel syndrome

Chest Pain

20. Postherpetic Neuralgia

21. Atypical Chest Wall Pain

22. Esophagitis

23. Gastroesophageal Reflex Disease