Pain Neurosurgery

Description:

Part of the Neurosurgery by Example series, this volume on pain neurosurgery presents exemplary cases in which renowned authors guide readers through the assessment and planning, decision making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management of common and uncommon disorders. The cases explore the spectrum of clinical diversity and complexity within pain neurosurgery, including trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, percutaneous cordotomy for cancer-associated pain, chronic lumbar radiculopathy, and more. Each chapter also contains 'pivot points' that illuminate changes required to manage patients in alternate or atypical situations, and pearls for accurate diagnosis, successful treatment, and effective complication management. Containing a focused review of medical evidence and expected outcomes, Pain Neurosurgery is appropriate for neurosurgeons who wish to learn more about a subspecialty, and those preparing for the American Board of Neurological Surgery oral examination.

Table of Contents:

1. Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Healthy Patient

2. Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Elderly

3. Secondary Trigeminal Neuralgia (Balloon Compression Rhizolysis)

4. Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

5. Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain

6. Postherpetic Neuralgia: Motor Cortex Stimulation and Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning

7. Occipital Neuralgia

8. Geniculate Neuralgia

9. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesioning for Brachial Plexus Avulsion Pain

10. Percutaneous Cordotomy for Cancer-Associated Pain

11. Spinal Cord Injury Transitional Zone Pain

12. Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy: Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Drug Delivery

13. Intrathecal Drug Therapy for Painful Vertebral Metastases

14. Pelvic/Visceral Cancer Pain

15. Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

16. Cluster Headache

17. Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Trigeminal Nerve (Trigeminal Tractotomy-Nucleotomy)

18. Cingulotomy for Intractable Pain

19. Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: Motor Cortex Stimulation

20. Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Refractory Migraine

21. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Diagnosis and Surgical Management

22. Post-Stroke Intractable Pain

Index