Handbook of pain management : a clinical companion to Wall and Melzack's Textbook of pain

SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PAIN STATES Soft tissue, joints and bones Acute and postoperative pain Michael Cousins, Ian Power Osteoarthritis Paul Creamer Rheumatoid arthritis Malcolm I V Jayson Muscles, tendons and ligaments Dianne J Newham, Kerry R Mills Chronic back pain Donlin M Long Upper extremity pain Anders E Sola Fibromyalgia Robert M Bennett Deep and visceral pain Abdominal pain Laurence M Blendis Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoggi, Marco Maresca Chronic pelvic pain Andrea J Rapkin Obstetric pain John S McDonald Genitourinary pain Ursula Wesselmann, Arthur L Burnett Head Orofacial pain Yair Sharav Trigeminal, eye and ear pain Joanna M Zakrozwska Headache Jean Schoenen, Peter S Sandor Nerve and root damage Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation Troels Scaehelin Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen Peripheral neuropathies J W Scadding Complex regional pain syndrome J W Scadding Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis David Dubuisson Central nervous system Central pain Jorgen Boivie Spinal cord injury Aleksander Beric Pain and psychological medicine Harold Merskey SECTION 2 - THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES Pharmacology Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics Kay Brune, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer Psychotropic drugs Richard Monks, Harold Merskey Opioids Robert G Twycross Local anaesthetics and epidurals H J McQuay, RA Moore Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers R Munglani, R G Hill Surgery Disc surgery Erik Spangfort Orthopaedic surgery Robert F McLain, James N Weinstein Central neurosurgery Jan M Gybels, Ron R Tasker Stimulation Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as pain-relieving measures Per Hansson, Thomas Lundeberg Spinal cord and brain stimulation Brian A Simpson Physical therapies Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain Justus F Lehmann, Barbara J de Lateur Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of musculoskeletal pain Scott Haldeman, Paul D Hooper Psychological therapies The placebo and the placebo response Patrick D Wall Relaxation and biofeedback Barton A Jessup, Xochitl Gallegos Hypnosis Nicholas P Spanos, Sharon J Carmanico, Jacqueline A Ellis A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management Dennis C Turk, Akiko Okifuji Behavioral therapy Francis J Keefe, John C Lefebvre Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain Steven James Linton SECTION 3 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT Age and sex difference Pain in children Charles B Berde, Bruce Masek Pain in the elderly Lucia Gagliese, Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack Sex and gender differences in pain Karen J Berkley, Anita Holdcroft Neuropathic and burn pain Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management Howard L Fields, Ralf Baron, Michael C Rowbotham Pain of burns Manon Choiniere Cancer pain Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy Practical issues in the management of cancer pain Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy Cancer pain and palliative care in children Charles B Berde, John J Collins Cancer: psychiatric and ethical issues William Breithart, Steven D Passik, Barry D Rosenfeld Pain and impending death Cicely M Saunders, Michael Platt