Overview

Disease is often accompanied by pain. This book describes the techniques elaborated by interventional radiologists in the treatment and palliation of a variety of benign and malignant painful conditions. Each chapter concentrates on a particular aspect of pain management, with emphasis on practical issues. This book will serve as an invaluable source of information for the radiologist willing to learn about new pain therapy techniques aimed at optimizing or replacing more invasive traditional methods.

Full Product Details

Author:   F.-G. Barral ,  Bruno Kastler ,  G. Salamon ,  B. Fergane
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 27.00cm
Weight:   0.696kg
ISBN:  

9783540248101

ISBN 10:   3540248102
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   11 October 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Evaluating and Managing Pain in a Pain Management Center.- Pain and Psyche.- Computertomography-guided Percutaneous Interventions.- Complications and Patient Management.- Foraminal Injections of Corticosteroids Under Tomodensitometric Control.- Spinal Infiltrations: Technical Difficulties and Potential Complications.- Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Arnold’s Neuralgia.- Pterygopalatine Ganglion Neurolysis Under CT Guidance.- Stellate Ganglion Neurolysis Under CT-Guidance.- Percutaneous Neurolysis of the Celiac Plexus and Splanchnic Nerves.- Other Sympatholysis.- Pudendal Nerve Infiltration Under CT Guidance.- Injection of Inguinofemoral Nerves.- Vertebroplasty and Cementoplasty.- Aspiration and Lavage of Calcific Shoulder Tendinitis.- Other Analgesic Bone Procedures.- Fractures of the Pelvic Girdle: CT-guided Percutaneous Fixation.- Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Pain Therapy.- Treating Painful Osseous Metastases by Internal Radiation Therapy.

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From the reviews: A relatively slim volume of just over 200 pages divided into 20 chapters ... . The book is clearly intended for radiologists with an interest in pain management and all ... . is accompanied by numerous radiographic images that are generally of excellent quality and illustrate the technique being described well; there are also several beautiful line drawings demonstrating normal neural anatomy in various regions of the body. There is undoubtedly much to be praised in this book ... . (James Jackson, Clinical Radiology, Vol. 63, 2008)

From the reviews: A relatively slim volume of just over 200 pages divided into 20 chapters ... . The book is clearly intended for radiologists with an interest in pain management and all ... . is accompanied by numerous radiographic images that are generally of excellent quality and illustrate the technique being described well; there are also several beautiful line drawings demonstrating normal neural anatomy in various regions of the body. There is undoubtedly much to be praised in this book ... . (James Jackson, Clinical Radiology, Vol. 63, 2008)

From the reviews: <p> A relatively slim volume of just over 200 pages divided into 20 chapters a ] . The book is clearly intended for radiologists with an interest in pain management and all a ] . is accompanied by numerous radiographic images that are generally of excellent quality and illustrate the technique being described well; there are also several beautiful line drawings demonstrating normal neural anatomy in various regions of the body. There is undoubtedly much to be praised in this book a ] . (James Jackson, Clinical Radiology, Vol. 63, 2008)

Author Information

Bruno Kastler, MD, MS (physics) is Chief of Radiology and Director of the bioengineering laboratory in Besancon, France. He has been involved in pain treatment and promoting new radiological interventional techniques for over 15 years.

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