Cancer Pain Syndromes
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Pain is a complex symptom experienced by many cancer patients. It affects most aspects of life, and controlling it well can make a great difference in…
PAIN MEDICINE
Preemptive Analgesia
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The understanding of postoperative pain has evolved greatly during the past half century. Many laboratory investigations have established that peripheral tissue injury during surgery can trigger…
Central Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The development of debilitating central neuropathic pain (CNP), defined as pain caused by a lesion or dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS),1,2 can occur after…
Shingles, Postherpetic Neuralgia, and Postherpetic Itch
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which primarily affects the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of the spinal nerves or trigeminal nerve. A single DRG…
Acute Pain Management in Adults
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pain relief in an acute pain situation, besides having a humane value, has an important bearing in the well-being of an individual. Although it may not…
Perineal Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Chronic, nonmalignant pain syndromes of the perineal area have been well described in the medical literature dating back more than 100 years. However, the etiology of…
Pain Management in Medical Rheumatologic Diseases
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen “When a patient with arthritis walks in the front door, I feel like leaving out the back door.”—Sir William Osler Pain is the most common presenting…
Low Back Pain
EPIDEMIOLOGY Print Section Listen Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability in adults under 45 years of age, the second most common cause of missed work days…
Facetogenic Pain
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen More than 60% of people in developed countries will experience spinal pain at some time in their lives. Back pain is the most common complaint of…
Failed Back Surgery
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a nonspecific term that has probably outlived its usefulness as we learned more about the problem, but the phrase remains…
