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This text is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation of patients with head and face pain. It is a resource for any physician or dentist to properly diagnosis and to learn the options for treating head and face pain, as well as know when to refer a patient to a specialist and how to identify which specialist is needed. It discusses the basic anatomy, etiology, and pathophysiology of head and face pain, classification guidelines for treatment, and clinical case examples. Additional chapters on nerve blocks, nerve stimulators, radiosurgery, microvascular decompression, Botox, and alternative and complementary medicine are also included.
Diagnosis and Management of Head and Face Pain will be an invaluable resource for otolaryngologists, family physicians, oral surgeons, dentists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain specialists, and patients who suffer from head and face pain.
List of contents
Part I: Clinical Fundamentals.- Applied Neuroanatomy of the Face and Head.- Etiology of Head Pain.- Pathophysiology of Head and Facial Pain.- Nomenclature and Differential Diagnosis.- Part II: Evaluation and Diagnosis.- History and Physical Examinations.- Imaging Approach for the Diagnosis of Head and Face Pain.- Psychological Assessment in the Context of Head and Facial Pain.- Diagnosis of Orofacial Pain of Dental Origin.- Diagnostic Nerve Blocks.- Interventional Approach to the Diagnosis of Head and Face Pain.- Part III: Management & Treatment.- Medical Management of Head and Face Pain.- Management of Pain of Oral-Dental Origin: An Evidence Based Approach.- Therapeutic Nerve Blocks.- Botox for Migraine Headaches and Facial Pain.- Psychological and Psychiatric Treatment of Chronic Head and Face Pain.- Acupuncture in the Management of Head and Neck Pain: An Introduction.- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Percutaneous Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Microvascular Decompression of the Trigeminal Nerve for Trigeminal Neuralgia.- Advanced Neurosurgical Interventions.- Surgical Management of Migraines.- Vestibular Migraine.- Neuromodulation for Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias.- Part IV: Representative Clinical Cases.- Clinical Case of Type I Trigeminal Neuritis.- Representative Clinical Cases: Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia, Type 2.- Trigeminal Nerve Pain, V1 Distribution: Representative Case.- Representative Clinical Case: Trigeminal Nerve Pain, V-2 Distribution.- V-3 Pain-Representative Clinical Case.- Temporomandibular Pain Case Presentation.- Pain of Dental Origin.- Pain from Nasal Origin-Clinical Case.- Post Herpes Zoster Neuritis.- Bilateral Face and Head Pain.- Anesthesia Dolorosa.- Facial Pain Treated with Stellate Ganglion Block.- Non-surgical Management of Migraines.- Surgical Techniques of Migraine Surgery.- Representative Clinical Case: Occipital Neuralgia.- Head and Neck Cancer Pain: A Case Study.- Cervical Plexus Pain Case Report.-Head Pain in Pediatrics.
About the author
James Y Suen, MD
Distinguished Professor
Patricia and J. Floyd Kyser M.D. Chair in Otolaryngology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Erika Petersen, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
USA
Summary
This text is a comprehensive guide to the evaluation of patients with head and face pain. It is a resource for any physician or dentist to properly diagnosis and to learn the options for treating head and face pain, as well as know when to refer a patient to a specialist and how to identify which specialist is needed. It discusses the basic anatomy, etiology, and pathophysiology of head and face pain, classification guidelines for treatment, and clinical case examples. Additional chapters on nerve blocks, nerve stimulators, radiosurgery, microvascular decompression, Botox, and alternative and complementary medicine are also included.
Diagnosis and Management of Head and Face Pain will be an invaluable resource for otolaryngologists, family physicians, oral surgeons, dentists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pain specialists, and patients who suffer from head and face pain.
