CHRONIC ABDOMINAL PAIN.. AN EVIDENCE-BASED, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

Chronic Abdominal Pain is a comprehensive resource focused on the management of chronic abdominal pain. Chapters begin with an overview of pain generation, adaptive mechanisms and various diagnostic approaches. A complete range of novel, conservative, minimally invasive and surgical therapeutic options and their proper selection are then discussed along with evidence-based and practical clinical aspects of patient care. Authored by a team of world-renowned physicians and researchers, this definitive guide provides novel algorithms for contemporary treatment of chronic abdominal pain, giving pain medicine clinicians and practitioners the knowledge needed to assess and treat patients with abdominal pain.
Features
- A comprehensive overview of chronic abdominal pain characteristics and mechanisms
- Features state-of- the-art interventional and non-interventional therapeutic approaches
- Authored by a team of world-renowned physicians and researchers.

Author
Leonardo Kapural, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology,. Wake Forest University, School of Medicine. Carolinas Pain Institute and Clinical Research Center. Winston-Salem, NC. USA.

Table of contents (25 chapters)
1.Etiology and Mechanisms of Chronic Abdominal Pain
2.The Epidemiology of Chronic Abdominal Pain
3.Establishing Diagnosis of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Gastroenterologist View
4.Establishing Diagnosis of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Pain Medicine view
5.Lessons Learned from Visceral Sensory Stimulation: Implications for Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain
6.Abdominal Pain in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
7.Gastroparesis: Pathophysiology of Chronic Abdominal Pain and Current Treatment
8.Chronic Pain Due to Postsurgical Intra-abdominal Adhesions: Therapeutic Options
9.Chronic Pancreatitis With or Without Acute Exacerbations: Novel Options for Pain Control
10.Chronic Abdominal Pain of Gynecologic Causes: Diagnosis and Treatment
11.Pediatric Chronic Abdominal Pain: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
12.Interventional Treatment of Chronic Abdominal Pain in Children
13.Cancer-Related Abdominal Pain
14.Opioids in Abdominal Pain
15.Sympathetic Blocks for Chronic Abdominal Pain
16.Radiofrequency and Neurolysis for the Treatment of Chronic Visceral Abdominal Pain
17.Regional Anesthesia for Abdominal/Truncal Pain
18.Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain: Diagnosis and Interventional Treatment
19.Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Abdominal Pain
20.Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Abdominal Pain
21.Gastric and Other Visceral Stimulation for Chronic Painful Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
22.Intrathecal Therapy for Nonmalignant and Malignant Abdominal Pain
23.Surgical Options for Chronic Visceral Abdominal Pain
24.Neurosurgical Options for Control of Chronic and Malignant Abdominal Pain
25.Psychological Determinants and Treatments for Chronic Abdominal Pain