Surgical Management of Pain Book

	Contributors
	List of Commentators
	Foreword
	Preface
	Dedication
Pt. I	Basic Considerations
1	Physiologic Anatomy of Nociception	2
2	Pathophysiology of Chronic "Neuropathic Pains"	25
3	Central Pain	42
4	Central Nervous System Mechanisms in Pain Modulation	65
Pt. II	Fundamentals of Pain Medicine
5	The Problem of Pain: Measurement in Clinical Settings	78
6	Current Concepts in the Neurologic Assessment of Spinal Pain: Cancer and Noncancer Pain	98
7	Nonorganic Signs in Patients with Back Pain	128
8	Psychological Assessment Prior to Surgery for Implantable Pain-Management Devices	135
9	Disability Assessment	147
10	Outcome Assessment	156
11	Physical Medicine Interventions	165
12	Vocational Rehabilitation and Ergonomics	171
13	Medical Versus Multidimensional Management of Chronic Pain	181
14	Use of Oral Opioid Analgesics	197
15	Medical Boards and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances	209
16	Management of Pain by Anesthetic Techniques	218
17	The Role of the Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic	237
18	Role of the Nurse Clinician	246
19	Management of Postoperative Pain in Neurosurgery	257
Pt. III	Specific Pain Syndromes
20	Craniofacial Pain	276
21	Trigeminal Neuralgia: Historical Overview, with Emphasis on Surgical Treatment	288
22	Medical Management of Trigeminal Neuralgia	304
23	Atypical Facial Pain and Anesthesia Dolorosa	311
24	Glossopharyngeal, Geniculate, and Other Cranial Nerve Neuralgias	317
25	Low Back Pain	327
26	Lumbar Spine Disorders: Natural History, Surgical Outcome, and Treatment Failure Management	342
27	Failed Back Syndrome: Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment	354
28	Chronic Nonmalignant Nociceptive Pain Syndromes	365
29	Postthoracotomy Pain Syndrome	383
30	Postherpetic Neuralgia	393
31	Occipital Neuralgia	401
32	Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury	411
33	Stump, Phantom, and Avulsion Pain	422
34	Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Type I, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, and Type II, Causalgia	443
35	Central Pain Secondary to Intracranial Lesions	459
36	Cancer Pain	469
37	Pain Treatment in the Dying Patient	485
Pt. IV	Surgical Procedures
38	Peripheral Nerve Stimulation	498
39	Spinal Cord Stimulation: Mechanisms of Action	505
40	Spinal Cord Stimulation: Patient Selection	527
41	Spinal Cord Stimulation: Equipment and Implantation Techniques	535
42	Spinal Cord Stimulation for Severe Angina Pectoris	549
43	Motor Cortex Stimulation for Relief of Central Deafferentation Pain	555
44	Deep Brain Stimulation for Chronic Pain	565
45	Intrathecal Opioids: Mechanisms of Action	577
46	Intrathecal Opioids: Patient Selection	592
47	Intrathecal Opioids: Intrathecal Drug-Delivery Systems	603
48	Intrathecal Opioids: Technique and Outcomes	614
49	Intrathecal and Intracerebroventricular Opioids: Past Uses and Current Indications	625
50	Ablative Neurosurgical Techniques in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Overview	633
51	Neurolysis and Neurectomy in the Peripheral Nervous System	647
52	Surgical Treatment of Painful Peripheral Nerve Injuries	654
53	Facet Blocks and Denervations	666
54	Dorsal Root Ganglionectomy and Dorsal Rhizotomy	677
55	Sympathectomy: Open and Thoracoscopic	688
56	Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions	701
57	Midline Myelotomy	714
58	Anterolateral Cordotomy	732
59	Percutaneous Stereotactic Pain Procedures: Percutaneous Cordotomy, Extralemniscal Myelotomy, Trigeminal Tractotomy-Nucleotomy	745
60	Caudalis Dorsal Root Entry Zone Lesions, Nucleotomy, and Tractotomy	763
61	Mesencephalotomy	786
62	Medial Thalamotomy	795
63	Stereotactic Medial Thalamotomy for Chronic Pain: Is It an Effective Procedure?	805
64	Stereotactic Cingulotomy for the Treatment of Chronic Pain	812
65	Hypophysectomy for Intractable Pain from Metastatic Carcinoma: A Historical Perspective	821
66	Trigeminal Neurectomy	828
67	Percutaneous Radiofrequency Trigeminal Gangliolysis	841
68	Surgical Options for Facial Pain	849
69	Percutaneous Retrogasserian Glycerol Rhizotomy	865
70	Trigeminal Neuralgia: Treatment by Percutaneous Balloon Compression	874
71	Microvascular Decompression	878
72	Surgical Procedures for Other Nontrigeminal Cranial Neuralgias	889
73	Trigeminal Rhizotomy	898
74	Trigeminal Stimulation	903
75	Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia	908
Pt. V	At the Forefront of Pain Surgery
76	Functional Imaging of Pain: Insights and Implications	919
77	Technological Innovation in Spinal Cord Stimulation	933
78	Innovative Intrathecal Analgesics	948
79	Encapsulated Cell Implants for Pain Surgery	958
80	Intrathecal Chromaffin Cell Allograft for Cancer Pain	973
	Index	980