Main description:

Get a quick, expert overview of the many key facets of neuropathic pain syndromes with this concise, practical resource by Drs. Mitchell Freedman, Jeff Gehret, George Young, and Leonard Kamen. This easy-to-read reference presents a summary of today's best evaluation methods and evidence-based treatment options for complex regional pain syndrome as well as other challenging syndromes.

Covers key topics such as:

Evidence Based Approach to Many Uncommon and Difficult Neuropathic Pain Syndromes
Review of Pathophysiology of Pain
Approach to Chronic Pain Syndromes
Work Up and Treatments for Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

Consolidates today's available information and experience in this multifaceted area into one convenient resource.

Contents:

Challenging Neuropathic Pain Syndromes, 1e

1. Piriformis Syndrome

2. Pain Syndromes Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury

3. Pain Syndromes Associated with Cerebrovascular Accidents

4. Pain Syndromes Associated with Spinal Cord Injury

5. Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome

6. Lyme Related Pain Syndrome

7. Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome

8. CRPS Introduction

9. CRPS Diagnostic Criteria

10. CRPS Medications

11. Chronic Pain and Centralization

12. CRPS - Rehabilitation Treatment

13. CRPS - Interventional Treatment

14. Phantom Limb Pain

15. Multiple Sclerosis associated pain syndromes

16. Chronic Pain and Centralization

17. Diabetic Neuropathic Pain Syndromes

18. HIV - Related Pain Syndromes

19. Acute Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia

20. Oncological Pain Syndromes/Cancer Pain Syndromes/Malignancy and Paraneoplastic Pain Syndromes

21. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

22. Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

23. Introduction

24. Pathophysiology of Pain

25. Screening, Measurement and Outcome Tools Utilized in the Management of Neuropathic 26. Pain Syndromes

27. HIV - Related Pain Syndromes

28. Pathophysiology of Pain

29. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Syndromes

30. Pain Syndromes Associated with Cerebrovascular Accidents

31. CRPS Diagnostic Testing