Educating Patients and Caregivers About Pain Management: What Clinicians Need to Know
Pain is “all in your head.” Although we our brains process the perception of pain, this does not mean that pain is imaginary when the source of pain is not…
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Biopsychosocial Approaches to Understanding Chronic Pain and Disability
, Robbie Haggard1, Christina Thomas1 and Krista J. Howard1 (1) Department of Psychology, College of Science at The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA Abstract At the beginning of the twenty-first…
Controversial Pain Syndrome of M. Sudeck (RSD, CRPS I): Pathogenesis and Surgical Treatment of Resistant Cases
(1) Aschaffenburg, Germany 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Surgically Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 5.3 Epidemiology 5.4 Aetiology and Pathogenesis 5.5 Diagnostics 5.5.1 Tabular Documentation of Pathologic Findings at the Upper Extremity…
The Controversial Pain Syndrome of Tennis Elbow (TE): Pathogenesis and Surgical Treatment of Resistant Cases
(1) Aschaffenburg, Germany 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Surgically Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 1.3 Epidemiology 1.4 Aetiology and Pathogenesis 1.5 Diagnostics 1.6 Classification 1.7 Indications and Contraindications 1.8 Therapy 1.8.1 Conservative…
The Controversial Pain Syndrome of GE: Pathogenesis and Surgical Treatment of Resistant Cases
(1) Aschaffenburg, Germany 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Surgically Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 2.3 Epidemiology 2.4 Aetiology and Pathogenesis 2.5 Diagnostics 2.6 Classification 2.7 Indications and Contraindications 2.8 Therapy 2.8.1 Conservative…
The Controversial Pain Syndrome of Proximal Radial Compression Syndrome (PRKS): Pathogenesis and Surgical Treatment of Resistant Cases
(1) Aschaffenburg, Germany 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Surgically Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 3.3 Epidemiology 3.4 Aetiology and Pathogenesis 3.5 Diagnostics 3.6 Classification 3.7 Therapy 3.7.1 Conservative Treatment 3.7.2 Surgical Treatment…
The Controversial Pain Syndrome of the Shoulder Joint (So-Called Coracoiditis): Pathogenesis and Treatment of Resistant Cases
(1) Aschaffenburg, Germany 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Surgically Relevant Anatomy and Physiology 4.3 Epidemiology 4.4 Etiology and Pathogenesis 4.5 Diagnostics 4.6 Classification 4.7 Indications and Contraindications 4.8 Therapy 4.8.1 Technique…
Regional Anesthesia for Abdominal/Truncal Pain
Fig. 17.1 Hand and needle position for performing a trigger point injection of the abdominal wall Local Anesthetic Multiple combinations of local anesthetics and adjuvants have been described for trigger…
Sympathetic Blocks for Chronic Abdominal Pain
Sympathetic nerve supply Target organs Splanchnic nerves Stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, pancreatic head, proximal colon, kidneys, proximal ureters Celiac plexus Stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, pancreas, proximal colon, spleen, gall bladder,…
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Abdominal Pain
Causes of chronic abdominal pain Study/case series/case report Number of patients studied Outcome Time interval follow-up Complications Mesenteric ischemia Ceballos et al. [26] 1 8 to 0 VAS 1 year…
