Surgical Pain Management

Surgical Pain Management is an essential, step-by-step guide to surgical techniques and the perioperative management of chronic pain patients whose treatment includes implantable therapies. Chapters review the steps necessary for defining a potential candidate for implant and the infrastructure to support the perioperative period and beyond, controversies in approaches for both intrathecal and spinal cord stimulation implants, healthcare education for patients withthese devices, neuroaxial drug delivery, electrical stimulation of the peripheral and central nervous system, and a variety of invasive procedures for chronic and cancer pain. Appendices provide supplemental information regarding guidelines, physiology, technologies available, troubleshooting, anddocumentation required to organize an interventional service. This book details a range of approaches from basic implant therapies to more advanced therapies, making it an ideal companion to an advanced training program in interventional pain management and a useful resource for developing a team that will optimize care for some of the most difficult to treat chronic pain patients.

The inclusion of case studies and the multiple forms for provision of care, not seen in other texts, serves to elevate its functional value... The conciseness of this text makes it easy to reference., I am confident that this book is an excellent addition in Interventional Pain disciplines. The flow and content in most of the chapters is adequate and focused towards the title of the chapter...this is a well written and informative guide for all practicing physicians, It provides comprehensive knowledge and the collective experience and insight of over forty healthcare professionals involved in pain alleviation., It will be of help for pain specialists and for those who are considering training in pain as a subspecialty. The book allows comparison of your practice with theway in which it is performed in a leading academic department., Any physician or health professional working in the field of chronic pain should have this book in their collection to better understand how implantable devices for the management of pain work and what the clinician and patient should know about them.

Sanjeet Narang is an Instructor in Anesthesia and Pain Management in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Edgar L. Ross is an Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Pain Management in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Alison Weisheipl isan Instructor in Anesthesia and Pain Management in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.