Pelvic Pain in Females
Pelvic Pain in Females Katy Vincent Jane Moore Pelvic pain is common in women, frequently leading to disability, social disruption, and loss of economic productivity. Many women do not seek…
Psychological Screening of Candidates for Spine Surgery or Placement of Implanted Devices
Psychological Screening of Candidates for Spine Surgery or Placement of Implanted Devices Robert Edwards Robert N. Jamison Introduction Chronic pain, generally defined as pain persisting for more than 3 months,…
Failed Back Surgery
Failed Back Surgery Jerome Schofferman Failed back surgery (FBS) is a nonspecific term that implies the outcome of spine surgery did not meet the expectations established before surgery of the…
Pelvic Pain in Males
Pelvic Pain in Males Andrew Baranowski This chapter is about pain perceived to be in the male pelvis—the pelvic pain syndromes. For the purpose of this chapter, the pelvis is…
The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Patients with History of Substance Abuse
The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Patients with History of Substance Abuse Howard A. Heit Douglas L. Gourlay Chronic pain has no positive physiologic value, whereas acute pain is an…
Pain in HIV
Pain in HIV Svetlana Faktorovich David M. Simpson On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described five cases of a rare lung infection, Pneumocystis carinii…
Compliance Monitoring in Chronic Pain Management
Compliance Monitoring in Chronic Pain Management Douglas L. Gourlay Howard A. Heit The pain management practitioner faces several challenges in the safe and effective management of chronic pain. One of…
Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy
Cancer Pain: Principles of Management and Pharmacotherapy Dermot Fitzgibbon In 2008, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) launched a global year against cancer pain to focus attention…
