Overview
This Atlas serves as a guide to beginning implanters, intermediate implanters, and the most advanced practitioners. The author covers the process of implanting and managing spinal cord stimulators, peripheral nerve stimulators, and intrathecal pumps from the beginning of the process to long term management. The book also discusses the recognition, prevention, and management of complications. The Atlas is a must for any physician hoping to improve their skills in any segment of this important area of interventional pain treatment. The combination of instructional photographs and detailed instructions makes each segment a great learning event.
Full Product Details
Author: Timothy R. Deer
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.797kg
ISBN: 9780387885667
ISBN 10: 0387885668
Pages: 201
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
From the reviews: This illustrated manual of implantable therapies for pain combines text and images to provide a quick review of each pain procedure. The purpose is to provide a handy quick reference for implantable pain therapies. ... All practicing pain physicians, whether their background is in anesthesia or neurosurgery, will find it very useful. ... The book is beautifully written and well illustrated with x-ray images and pictures. ... this book is must read for every pain fellow and a very useful one for every pain physician. (Tariq M. Malik, Doody,s Review Service, February, 2011) This book is edited and half written by a widely published Anesthesiologist and has contributions from eleven North American and one European specialist implanters, half of whom are anesthesiologists and half neurosurgeons. ... covered a lot of ground within the field of implantable therapies. ... For the practitioner new to the field of implantable therapies this book shows the scope of this particular branch of pain medicine. It is full of good advice on techniques and how to avoid complications. (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June, 2011)
From the reviews: ""This illustrated manual of implantable therapies for pain combines text and images to provide a quick review of each pain procedure. The purpose is to provide a handy quick reference for implantable pain therapies. ... All practicing pain physicians, whether their background is in anesthesia or neurosurgery, will find it very useful. ... The book is beautifully written and well illustrated with x-ray images and pictures. ... this book is must read for every pain fellow and a very useful one for every pain physician."" (Tariq M. Malik, Doody,s Review Service, February, 2011) ""This book is edited and half written by a widely published Anesthesiologist and has contributions from eleven North American and one European specialist implanters, half of whom are anesthesiologists and half neurosurgeons. ... covered a lot of ground within the field of implantable therapies. ... For the practitioner new to the field of implantable therapies this book shows the scope of this particular branch of pain medicine. It is full of good advice on techniques and how to avoid complications."" (British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, June, 2011)
From the reviews: This illustrated manual of implantable therapies for pain combines text and images to provide a quick review of each pain procedure. The purpose is to provide a handy quick reference for implantable pain therapies. ! All practicing pain physicians, whether their background is in anesthesia or neurosurgery, will find it very useful. ! The book is beautifully written and well illustrated with x-ray images and pictures. ! this book is must read for every pain fellow and a very useful one for every pain physician. (Tariq M. Malik, Doody's Review Service, February, 2011)
Author Information
TIMOTHY DEER, MD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Pain Relief in Charleston, West Virginia and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown. Dr. Deer is the immediate past Chair of the Committee on Pain Medicine for the American Society of Anesthesiologists; a member of the Boards of Directors of the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians; and a member of the Board of Directors and The Executive Board of the International Neuromodulation Society. He is also Chairman of the Scientific Review Committee of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Chairman of the Scientific Oversight Committee for Pain Medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the current President of The West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He lectures widely on the topic of implantable therapies in pain management and is one of the most respected proponents of these therapies worldwide.
