Neurostimulation
Neurostimulation Joshua P. Prager Michael Stanton-Hicks For more than 30 years, interventional pain specialists have used spinal cord stimulation (SCS) to treat a variety of pain syndromes. Unlike neuroablation, SCS…
Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options for Spinal Analgesic Chemotherapy
Spinal Route of Analgesia: Opioids and Future Options for Spinal Analgesic Chemotherapy Daniel B. Carr Michael J. Cousins Ignored until the late 19th century as a target for anesthesia, and…
Sympathetic Neural Blockade of Upper and Lower Extremity
Sympathetic Neural Blockade of Upper and Lower Extremity Harald Breivik Michael J. Cousins The effects of sympathetic nerves in maintaining normal constrictor tone in the blood vessels of the skin…
Diagnostic and Prognostic Neural Blockade
Diagnostic and Prognostic Neural Blockade Quinn H. Hogan Stephen E. Abram The use of neural blockade to establish the diagnosis or prognosis of painful conditions is motivated by several compelling…
Psychological Aspects of Pain: Implications for Neural Blockade
Psychological Aspects of Pain: Implications for Neural Blockade Joel Katz Ronald Melzack Pain is a personal, subjective experience influenced by cultural learning, the meaning of the situation, attention, and other…
Assessment and Diagnosis of Chronic Pain Conditions
Assessment and Diagnosis of Chronic Pain Conditions Christopher Vije Michael A. Ashburn The patient with chronic pain comes to the physician with the hope that he can help her find…
The Placebo Response: Implications for Neural Blockade
The Placebo Response: Implications for Neural Blockade Damien G. Finniss Fabrizio Benedetti The placebo response has been a topic of interest for over 200 years and, in recent times, has…
Physiologic and Pharmacologic Substrates of Nociception after Tissue and Nerve Injury
Physiologic and Pharmacologic Substrates of Nociception after Tissue and Nerve Injury Tony L. Yaksh Certain classes of unconditioned stimuli that interact with visceral, somatic, or muscular sensory receptor systems give…
Neurochemical and Neurophysiologic Effects of Needle Insertion: Clinical Implications
Neurochemical and Neurophysiologic Effects of Needle Insertion: Clinical Implications Michael J. Butler Philip J. Siddall This chapter surveys the effects of needle insertion per se, with an emphasis on controlled…
Pharmacologic Substrates of Pain: Peripheral Voltage Gated Ion Channels in Pain
Pharmacologic Substrates of Pain: Peripheral Voltage Gated Ion Channels in Pain Lucinda C. Seagrove Anthony H. Dickenson Peripheral nerves convey external sensory information to the spinal cord. At this first…
