Pain Neurosurgery

Part of the Neurosurgery by Example series, this volume on pain neurosurgery presents exemplary cases in which renowned authors guide readers through the assessment and planning, decision making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management of common and uncommon disorders. The cases explore the spectrum of clinical diversity and complexity within pain neurosurgery, including trigeminal neuralgia, postherpetic neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, percutaneous cordotomy for cancer-associated pain, chronic lumbar radiculopathy, and more.

Each chapter also contains 'pivot points' that illuminate changes required to manage patients in alternate or atypical situations, and pearls for accurate diagnosis, successful treatment, and effective complication management. Containing a focused review of medical evidence and expected outcomes, Pain Neurosurgery is appropriate for neurosurgeons who wish to learn more about a subspecialty, and those preparing for the American Board of Neurological Surgery oral examination.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Healthy Patient
Oren Sagher
Chapter 2: Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Elderly
Kunal Raygor, Anthony Lee, and Edward Chang
Chapter 3: Secondary Trigeminal Neuralgia (Balloon Compression Rhizolysis)
Jeffrey A. Brown
Chapter 4: Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Oren Sagher
Chapter 5: Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain
Mandana A. Behbahani, Nauman S. Chaudhry, Konstantin V. Slavin
Chapter 6: Postherpetic Neuralgia: Motor Cortex Stimulation and Nucleus Caudalis DREZ Lesioning
Sebastian Rubino, Roy S. Hwang, and Julie G. Pilitsis
Chapter 7: Occipital Neuralgia
Richard L. Weiner
Chapter 8: Geniculate Neuralgia
Emily Lehmann Levin
Chapter 9: Dorsal Root Entry Zone (DREZ) lesioning for Brachial Plexus Avulsion Pain
Daniel R. Cleary and Sharona Ben-Haim
Chapter 10: Percutaneous Cordotomy for Cancer-associated Pain
Marian Bercu, Timothy Shepherd, and Alon Y. Mogilner
Chapter 11: Spinal Cord Injury Transitional Zone Pain
Oren Sagher
Chapter 12: Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy: Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Drug Delivery
Brian J.A. Gill, Farhan A. Khan, Christopher J. Winfree
Chapter 13: Intrathecal Drug Therapy for Painful Vertebral Metastases
Sebastian Rubino, Shelby Sabourin, and Julie G. Pilitsis
Chapter 14: Pelvic/Visceral Cancer Pain
Ashwin Viswanathan
Chapter 15: Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
Emily Lehmann Levin
Chapter 16: Cluster Headache
Emily Lehmann Levin
Chapter 17: Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Trigeminal Nerve (Trigeminal Tractotomy-Nucleotomy)
Zoe Teton and Ahmed M. Raslan
Chapter 18: Cingulotomy for Intractable Pain
Patrick J. Hunt, Patrick J. Karas, Ashwin Viswanathan, and Sameer A. Sheth
Chapter 19: Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: Motor Cortex Stimulation
Nicholas C. Field and Julie G. Pilitsis
Chapter 20: Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Refractory Migraine
Cletus Cheyuo, Roy S. Hwang, and Julie G. Pilits
Chapter 21: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Diagnosis and Surgical Management Roy S. Hwang, Claire Collison, and Julie G. Pilitsis
Chapter 22: Post-Stroke Intractable Pain
Innocent Njoku and Julie G. Pilitsis