Pain Medicine

Salim M. Hayek is a Professor of Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University and the Chief of Pain Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland in Cleveland, Ohio. Binit J. Shah is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Ohio Hospital for Psychiatry in Columbus, Ohio. Mehul J. Desai is the Director of Spine, Pain Medicine & Researchat Metro Orthopedics & Sports Therapy in Silver Spring, Maryland. Thomas C. Chelimsky is a Professor of Neurology at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Section I. Neuropathic Pain ; 1. Small Fiber Neuropathy ; 2. Post-Herpetic Neuralgia ; 3. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Facial Pain Conditions ; 4. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ; Section II. Muscle, Joint and Tendon Pain ; 5. Myofascial Pain Syndrome ; 6. Pain of Rheumatological Disease ; 7. Tendinopathies ; Section III. Spine and Related Disorders ; 8. Discogenic Pain ; 9. Lumbar Facet Pain ; 10. Sacroiliac Joint Pain ; 11. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis ; 12. Lumbar Disc Displacement ; 13. Post-Laminectomy Syndrome ; 14. Piriformis Syndrome ; 15. Whiplash Associated Disorder/Cervical Facet Pain ; 16. Cervical Radicular Pain ; 17. Thoracic Back Pain ; Section IV. Visceral Pain ; 18. Pain from Chronic Pancreatitis ; 19. Chronic Pelvic Pain ; 20. Chronic Refractory Angina ; Section V. Persistent Post-Surgical Pain ; 21. Post-Surgical Thoracic Pain ; 22. Post-Herniorrhaphy Pain ; Section VI. Cancer-Related Pain ; 23. Palliative Cancer Pain ; Section VII. Other Disorders ; 24. Headache ; 25. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) ; 26. Fibromyalgia

This is an attempt to fill a gap in case-based pain management. Similar types of books are available in other fields of medicine, but this a first in the field of pain. The chapters are well written, the approach to the disease process is outlined in a very systematic way, and management strategies are logically presented. It's a nice refresher course in pain medicine that would be a nice addition to anyone's library.