Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain (ebook)

Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Pain - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of neuromodulation techniques performed today. Salim Hayek, MD, PhD and Robert Levy, MD, PhD offer expert advice on a variety of spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and peripheral nerve field stimulation procedures to treat chronic pain. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com, you?ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

• • Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind interventional and neuromodulatory techniques and master their execution.

• • Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines.

• • Apply the newest developments in motor cortex stimulation, deep brain stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, and spinal cord stimulation.

• • Quickly find the information you need in a user-friendly format with strictly templated chapters supplemented with illustrative line drawings, images, and treatment algorithms.

• Access the fully searchable contents, plus bonus procedural videos, at expertconsult.com.