Atlas of Implantable Therapies for Pain Management

Part I. Neurostimulation: Spinal Cord Stimulation.- 1.History of Neurostimulation.- 2.Spinal Cord Stimulation: Indications and Selection.- 3.Needle Placement for Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation of the Back and Legs.- 4.Physician Guided Lead Placement: Making the Lead go to the Target.- 5.Anchoring Percutaneous Leads During Permanent Device Placement.- 6.Tunneling Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems.- 7.Pocketing Techniques.- 8.Complications of Spinal Cord Stimulation.- 9.Programming Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems.- 10.Stimulation of the Spinal Cord by the Placement of Surgical Based Paddle Leads.- Part II. Neurostimulation: Peripheral Nerve and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation.- 11.Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System.- 12.Stimulation of the Nervous System to Treat Neurpathic Pain of the Foot.- 13.EMG/SSEP Monitoring During Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Stimulation.- 14.Sacral Nerve Root Stimulation for the Treatment of Pelvic and Rectal Pain.- 15.EMG/SSEP Monitoring During Sacral Neuromodulation.- 16.Selective Nerve Root Stimulation-Facilitating the Cephalocaudal "Retrograde" Method of Electrode Insertion.- Part III. Neurostimulation: Stimulation of the Cranium and Head.- 17.Stimulation of the Deep Brain for the Treatment of Chronic Pain.- 18.Stimulation of the Motor Cortex to Treat Chronic Pain.- 19.Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System: Occipital Techniques for the Treatment of Occipital Neuritis and Transformed Migraine.- Part IV.Drug Delivery.- 20.History of Intrathecal Drug Delivery.- 21.Selection and Indications for Intrathecal Pump Placement.- 22.Placement of Intrathecal Needle and Catheter for Chronic Infusion.- 23.Securing and Anchoring Permanent Intrathecal Catheters.- 24.Tunneling Permanent Intrathecal Catheters.- 25.Pocketing for Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems.- 26.Drug Selection for Intrathecal Drug Delivery.- 27.Intrathecal Pump Refills.- 28.Complications of Intrathecal Drug Delivery.

TIMOTHY DEER, MD, is a the president and chief executive officer of the Center for Pain Relief in Charleston, West Virginia and clinical professor of Anesthesiology at West Virginia University School of Medicine. Dr. Deer is the immediate chair of the Committee on Pain Medicine for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He is a member of the Board of Directors and The Executive Board of the International Neuromodulation Society. He is also the Chairman of the Scientific Review Committee of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Chairman of the Scientific Oversight Committee for Pain Medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the current President of The West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He lectures widely on the topic of implantable therapies in pain management and is one of the most respected proponents of these therapies worldwide.

From the reviews:"This illustrated manual of implantable therapies for pain combines text and images to provide a quick review of each pain procedure. The purpose is to provide a handy quick reference for implantable pain therapies. ... All practicing pain physicians, whether their background is in anesthesia or neurosurgery, will find it very useful. ... The book is beautifully written and well illustrated with x-ray images and pictures. ... this book is must read for every pain fellow and a very useful one for every pain physician." (Tariq M. Malik, Doody's Review Service, February, 2011)