Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain

Volume 3: A Volume in the Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management Series; Expert Consult Premium Edition -- Enhanced Online Features and Print

By
  • Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Director, Pain Medicine Center Wake Forest Baptist Health Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • Philip Kim, MD, Asst. Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, University of PA Health System Medical Director, The Surgery Center of the Main Line Medical Director, Center for Pain Medicine and St. Francis Pain Center
  • Timothy Deer, MD, President and CEO, The Center for Pain Relief Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia

Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of discogenic pain relief techniques performed today. Leonardo Kapural, MD and Philip Kim, MD offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to manage and treat discogenic pain. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With online access to the fully searchable text and procedural videos at www.expertconsult.com, you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

Audience
Anesthesiology

Pain

Hardbound, 176 Pages

Published: September 2011

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4377-2218-5

Contents

  • Chapter 1: Epidemiology and Etiology of Discogenic Pain: How Big is the Problem?

    Chapter 2: Establishing the Diagnosis of Discogenic Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Algorithmic Approach

    Chapter 3: Imaging for Discogenic Pain

    Chapter 4: Provocation Discography

    Chapter 5: Analgesic Discography

    Chapter 6: Discogenic Pain: Intradiscal Therapeutic Injections and Use of Intradiscal Biologic Agents

    Chapter 7: Radiofrequency and Other Heat Applications for the Treatment of Discogenic Pain

    Chapter 8: Arthrodesis and Fusion for the Treatment of Discogenic Neck and Back Pain: Evidence Based Effectiveness and Controversies

    Chapter 9: Nucleus Pulposus Replacement and Motion Sparing Technologies

    Chapter 10: Cervical & Thoracic Discogenic Pain: Therapeutic Non-surgical Options

    Chapter 11: Disc Herniations: Injections and Minimally Invasive Techniques

    Chapter 12: Current Surgical Options for Intervertebral Disc Herniation in the Cervical and Lumbar Spine

    Chapter 13: Neuromodulation and Intrathecal Therapies for the Treatment Chronic

    Radiculopathy Related with Intractable Discogenic Pain

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