Symptom Oriented Pain Management

The new edition of this comprehensive guide has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in symptom oriented pain management.

Divided into fifteen sections, the book begins with an overview of acute and chronic pain, clinical examination and evaluation, and imaging modalities.

The following chapters discuss different types of pain including neck pain, low back pain, cancer pain, neuropathic pain, scar pain, and more. Techniques for accurate diagnosis of aetiology are explained in depth.

The final sections describe pain management techniques including physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and allied therapy. A complete section is dedicated to challenging cases such as phantom limb pain and restless leg syndrome.

Edited by internationally recognised experts in the field, this second edition is highly illustrated with clinical photographs and diagrams. Previous edition (9789350257975) published in 2012.

Key points

• Fully revised, new edition presenting latest advances in symptom oriented pain management
• Complete section dedicated to challenging cases such as phantom limb pain and restless leg syndrome
• Edited by internationally recognised experts in the field
• Previous edition (9789350257975) published in 2012

Dwarkadas K Baheti MD
Consultant Anesthesiologist and Pain Physician, Bombay, Lilavati, Shushrusha, and Raheja Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sanjay Bakshi MD
President, Manhattan Spine and Pain Medicine, New York, USA

Sanjeeva Gupta MBBS MD DNB FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
Consultant in Pain Medicine, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Spire Leeds Hospital, Nuffield Hospital Leeds, UK

Raghbir Singh P Gehdoo MD DA
Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India