Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: Opioids, Cannabinoids, and Topical Agents - Printer-friendly version

Surgical Treatment for Neuropathic Pain - Printer-friendly version

1. Review the background and rational use of interventional pain techniques. 2. Assess adequate patient selection, indications, and the evidence to support the use of surgical interventional therapies for neuropathic pain. 3. Identify pros and cons of diff erent surgical ablative and functional neurosurgical interventional therapies to help determine the proper choice of technique for the treat...

Spinal Cord Stimulation: Using Technology To Solve Complex Pain Problems

S pinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a well-established treatment for neuropathic pain of the trunk or limbs. Formerly used later in the treatment algorithm, this intervention has moved up the treatment ladder. SCS shows positive outcomes in patients who receive it after spine surgery and before a second surgery. SCS also appears to be a much better solution for treating neuropathic and mixed pain...

Laboratory Tools and their Relevance for Assessing Patients with Neuropathic Pain - Printer-friendly version

1. Describe neurophysiological techniques for assessing peripheral and central somatosensory pathways in patients with neuropathic pain. 2. Describe the use of skin biopsy for assessing so-matosensory pathways in patients with neuropathic pain.

Interventional and Nonpharmacological Therapies for Neuropathic Pain - Printer-friendly version

Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: Antiepileptic and Antidepressant Drugs - Printer-friendly version

Neuropathic Pain Neuropathic pain was originally defi ned by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), in 1994, as “pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion or dysfunction in the nervous system” [57]. In 2008, Treede et al. proposed a redefi nition to “pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease aff ecting the somatosensory system” [78]. Since then, the IAS...