Pain-Relieving Procedures

<p><b>Effective pain management requires increasingly specialized knowledge.</b></p> <p>Multidisciplinary information is required if you intend to practice pain management at a high level of effectiveness. This includes anatomy and physiology, pain syndromes, diagnosis and management, and the correct use of interventional techniques.</p> <p><i>Pain-Relieving Procedures: The Illustrated Guide</i> provides you with a step-by-step guide to interventional techniques underpinned by a solid multidisciplinary knowledge base. The text is enhanced by the wide use of illustrations, including amazing color 3D-CT images that enable you to easily visualize anatomy.</p> <p>The first part of the book gives the fundamentals you need for modern pain practice. The second part describes all commonly used procedures, using a head-to-toe organization. </p> <ul> <li>The head</li> <li>The neck</li> <li>The thoracic region</li> <li>The thoraco-abdominal region</li> <li>The lumbar region</li> <li>The pelvic and sacral region </li> </ul> <p>A special chapter covers more advanced techniques such as continuous analgesia, spinal cord and sacral stimulation, vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. </p> <p>Each procedure is described using a template that includes anatomy, indications, contraindications, technique and complications. Helpful hints throughout will help you refine your practice to achieve better results. </p> <p>Concise, straightforward, and indispensable, <i>Pain-Relieving Procedures: The Illustrated Guide</i> provides the most effective interventional methods for those practicing pain management.</p>