Overview
- First book on neurostimulation in pain medicine, written by one of the field’s leaders
- Covers implantation procedures and long-term management
- Step-by-step instructions, extensively illustrated
- Suitable for beginning, intermediate, and advanced implanters
- A must for physicians wishing to improve their skills
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
This Atlas serves as a guide to beginning implanters, intermediate implanters, and the most advanced practitioners. The author covers the process of implanting and managing spinal cord stimulators, peripheral nerve stimulators, and intrathecal pumps from the beginning of the process to long term management. The book also discusses the recognition, prevention, and management of complications. The Atlas is a must for any physician hoping to improve their skills in any segment of this important area of interventional pain treatment. The combination of instructional photographs and detailed instructions makes each segment a great learning event.
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Neurostimulation: Spinal Cord Stimulation
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Neurostimulation: Peripheral Nerve and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This is an excellent review and photo illustration on how to use implantable devices for spinal derived pain. … Students, residents, and fellows could benefit from this publication. I recommend this book for pain researchers, neurosurgeons, and neurologists.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, September, 2014)
“This book is edited and half written by a widely published Anesthesiologist and has contributions from eleven North American and one European specialist implanters, half of whom are anesthesiologists and half neurosurgeons. … covered a lot of ground within the field of implantable therapies. … For the practitioner new to the field of implantable therapies this book shows the scope of this particular branch of pain medicine. It is full of good advice on techniques and how to avoid complications.” (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June, 2011)
“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)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Atlas of Implantable Therapies for Pain Management
Authors: Timothy R. Deer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88567-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-88567-4Published: 06 January 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 201
Topics: Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology