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Informationen zum Autor Sergio Canavero is a neurosurgeon at the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group! Turin! Italy. Vincenzo Bonicalzi is a neuroanesthetist at the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group! Turin! Italy. Klappentext An updated edition of this definitive! unrivalled! no-nonsense textbook! providing treatment guidelines for effective central pain management. Zusammenfassung A fully updated new edition of this definitive! unrivalled! no-nonsense textbook! Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology! Diagnosis and Management provides new treatment guidelines that aid the reader in effective management. Key reading for pain management! neurology! neurosurgery and anesthesia clinicians at all levels! as well as for patients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; Part II. Clinical Features and Diagnosis: 2. Epidemiology; 3. Clinical features; 4. Somatosensory findings; 5. Central pruritus; 6. Natural history; 7. Central pain allied conditions and special considerations; 8. Diagnosing central pain; Part III. Treatment: 9. Drug therapy; 10. Neuromodulation; 11. Cortical stimulation; 12. Deep brain stimulation; 13. Spinal cord stimulation; 14. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; 15. Other stimulation techniques; 16. Intraspinal drug infusion; 17. Alternative and complementary approaches; 18. Conclusions on therapy; Part IV. Pathophysiology: 19. Introduction to pathophysiology; 20. Sudden disappearances of central pain; 21. Results of neuroablation; 22. Neurophysiological studies; 23. Imaging studies; 24. Drug dissection; 25. Is this a spinal generator of central pain?; 26. Attractor-driven dynamic reverberation; Appendix: erroneous theories of central pain; References; Index.
