{PDF} Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine: According to Clinical Diagnoses

Unrelieved chronic pain is a worldwide epidemic
Chronic pain has been subject to multiple international initiatives through the World Health Organization. Interventional Pain Medicine, the use of minimally invasive techniques to relieve pain, is the best approach when simpler measures such as physical therapy or medications fail. However, these procedures can be associated with significant risk and expense. Establishing uniformity in diagnostic criteria and procedural performance can reduce both morbidity and unnecessary procedures, and hence healthcare expenditures.
While other texts explain how to perform these procedures, little focus has been given to diagnostic considerations: if and when these procedures should be performed. Evidence-Based Interventional Pain Medicine focuses on a balance between effectiveness and safety of interventional management for specific diagnoses, across all areas of chronic pain including: Head, neck and shoulder painContent:
Chapter 1 Trigeminal Neuralgia (pages 1?7): Maarten van Kleef, Wilco E. van Genderen, Samer Narouze, Turo J. Nurmikko, Jan Van Zundert, Jose W. Geurts and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 2 Cluster Headache (pages 8?13): Maarten van Kleef, Arno Lataster Lataster, Samer Narouze, Nagy Mekhail, Jose W. Geurts and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 3 Persistent Idiopathic Facial Pain (pages 14?17): Paul Cornelissen, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail, Miles Day and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 4 Cervical Radicular Pain (pages 18?30): Jan Van Zundert, Marc Huntoon, Jacob Patijn, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef
Chapter 5 Cervical Facet Pain (pages 31?39): Maarten van Eerd, Jacob Patijn, Arno Lataster, Richard W. Rosenquist, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 6 Cervicogenic Headache (pages 40?44): Hans van Suijlekom, Jan Van Zundert, Samer Narouze, Maarten van Kleef and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 7 Whiplash?Associated Disorders (pages 45?48): Hans van Suijlekom, Nagy Mekhail, Nileshkumar Patel, Jan Van Zundert, Maarten van Kleef and Jacob Patijn
Chapter 8 Occipital Neuralgia (pages 49?54): Pascal Vanelderen, Arno Lataster, Robert Levy, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 9 Painful Shoulder Complaints (pages 55?61): Frank Huygen, Jacob Patijn, Olav Rohof, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 10 Thoracic Pain (pages 62?70): Maarten van Kleef, Robert Jan Stolker, Arno Lataster, Jose W. Geurts, Honorio T. Benzon and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 11 Lumbosacral Radicular Pain (pages 71?86): Koen Van Boxem, Jianguo Cheng, Jacob Patijn, Maarten van Kleef, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 12 Pain Originating from the Lumbar Facet Joints (pages 87?95): Maarten van Kleef, Pascal Vanelderen, Steven P. Cohen, Arno Lataster, Jan Van Zundert and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 13 Sacroiliac Joint Pain (pages 96?102): Pascal Vanelderen, Karolina Szadek, Steven P. Cohen, Jan De Witte, Arno Lataster, Jacob Patijn, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 14 Coccygodynia (pages 103?106): Jacob Patijn, Markus Janssen, Salim Hayek, Nagy Mekhail, Jan Van Zundert and Maarten van Kleef
Chapter 15 Discogenic Low Back Pain (pages 107?122): Jan Willem Kallewaard, Michel A. M. B. Terheggen, Gerbrand J. Groen, Menno E. Sluijter, Richard Derby, Leonardo Kapural, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef
Chapter 16 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (pages 123?136): Frank van Eijs, Michael Stanton?Hicks, Jan Van Zundert, Catharina G. Faber, Timothy R. Lubenow, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Frank Huygen
Chapter 17 Herpes Zoster and Post?Herpetic Neuralgia (pages 137?144): Albert J. M. van Wijck, Mark Wallace, Nagy Mekhail and Maarten van Kleef
Chapter 18 Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy (pages 145?150): Wouter Pluijms, Frank Huygen, Jianguo Cheng, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef, Jan Van Zundert and Robert van Dongen
Chapter 19 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (pages 151?154): Jacob Patijn, Ricardo Vallejo, Markus Janssen, Frank Huygen, Arno Lataster, Maarten van Kleef and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 20 Meralgia Paresthetica (pages 155?159): Jacob Patijn, Nagy Mekhail, Salim Hayek, Arno Lataster, Maarten van Kleef and Jan Van Zundert
Chapter 21 Phantom Pain (pages 160?167): Andre Wolff, Eric Vanduynhoven, Maarten van Kleef, Frank Huygen, Jason E. Pope and Nagy Mekhail
Chapter 22 Traumatic Plexus Lesion (pages 168?172): Robert van Dongen, Steven P. Cohen, Maarten van Kleef, Nagy Mekhail and Frank J. P. M. Huygen
Chapter 23 Pain in Patients with Cancer (pages 173?190): Kris C. P. Vissers, Kees Besse, Michel Wagemans, Wouter Zuurmond, Maurice J. M. M. Giezeman, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Allen W. Burton, Maarten van Kleef and Frank J. P. M. Huygen
Chapter 24 Chronic Refractory Angina Pectoris (pages 191?195): Maarten van Kleef, Peter Staats, Nagy Mekhail and Frank Huygen
Chapter 25 Ischemic Pain in the Extremities and Raynaud’s Phenomenon (pages 196?201): Jacques Devulder, Hans van Suijlekom, Robert Van Dongen, Sudhir Diwan, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Frank J. P. M. Huygen
Chapter 26 Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis (pages 202?211): Martine Puylaert, Leonardo Kapural, Jan Van Zundert, Dirk Peek, Arno Lataster, Nagy Mekhail, Maarten van Kleef and Yolande C. A. Keulemans