Περιγραφή
This new edition of the Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain has been fully updated and expanded, with five new chapters on novel interventional techniques in cancer pain amelioration. The book provides advice on advanced pain management, emphasising the suitability and selection of patients for different invasive and complex procedures based on patient history.
Case histories are included throughout the text to give the reader insight into the complexities of holistic management, with pain being only one component in the distress that cancer causes for both patients and families. The book also covers cancer pain management for patients in a community setting, and the collaboration between pain and palliative medicine.
Concise, practical, and evidence-based, this guide is essential reading for all pain and palliative care specialists in the community, hospital, and hospice settings.
- A practical guide to managing complex cancer pain that provides guidance for patient selection for different invasive and complex techniques
- Fully aligned to the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal college of Anaesthetist, London and European Pain Federation (EFIC) pain medicine training
- Contains case histories including suggested pain management plans, detailing on various cancer pain scenarios
New to this Edition:
- Features five new chapters on novel interventional techniques in cancer pain amelioration
- Fully updated to reflect latest evidence-based practice and current clinical guidelines
Περιεχόμενα
A. Introduction and clinical cases
1:Definition and pathophysiology of complex cancer pain, Michael Bennett
2:Evidence based pharmacological approaches to management, Michael Bennett and Paul Farquhar Smith
3:Neurolytic blocking agents, Mahesh Choudhary
4:Role of surgery in cancer pain management, Paul Eldridge and Deepti Bhargava
5:Oncological management of cancer pain, Chinnamani Eswar
6:Pelvic pain, Arun Bhaskar
7:Chest wall pain from mesothelioma or lung cancer, Manohar Sharma, Sanjeeva Gupta, and Lakshmi Vas
8:Unilateral upper limb plexopathy pain caused by cancer, Lakshmi Vas
9:Unilateral lower limb plexopathy related cancer pain, Kate Marley
10:Upper GI pain from invasive pancreatic cancer, Hemkumar Pushparaj
11:Multiple bone metastases/bone fracture related, Manohar Sharma and Sanjeeva Gupta
12:Intrathecal pump case history, JJohn Titterington, Louise Lynch, and Hemkumar Pushparaj
13:Cancer survivor with pain progression, Kate Marley and Manohar Sharma
B. Details of interventional techniques
14:Basic procedure safety and patient considerations for cancer pain interventions, Samyadev Datta
15:Sympathectomy for cancer pain, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta and Arun Bhaskar
16:Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for spinal metastasis pain, Kumar S V Das and Shubhabrata Biswas
17:Cervical cordotomy (Fluroscopic and CT Guided technique), Manohar Sharma and Ashwin Vishwanathan
18:Intrathecal drug delivery for cancer pain, John Titterington
19:Spinal neurolysis, Mahesh Chaudhari
20:Interventions for head and neck cancer related pain, Manohar Sharma and Lakshmi Vas
21:Neurosurgical techniques for cancer pain, Paul Eldridge and Deepti Bhargava
23:Spinal cord stimulation for cancer related pain, Dmitry Kruglov and Simon Thomson
24:Radiological tumour ablative techniques, Gaurav Sundar
25:Radiofrequency brain lesioning for cancer related pain, Erlick Pereira and Abteen Mostafi
26:Radiofrequency ablation technique for metastatic spine disease, Samyadev Datta
27:The role of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) in cancer pain management, Mathew Brown
C. Collaboration between services
28:Role of collaboration between pain medicine and palliative care, Kate Marley and Hemkumar Pushparaj
29:Pain in cancer survivors, Mathew Brown
30:Control of complex pain at the end of life in hospice or community setting, Eugene Choi, Priya Krishaswamy, and Umesh K. Gidwani
