Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Reappraisal (Progress in Pain Research and Management Series) - Hardcover

Wilfrid Jänig; Michael D. Stanton-Hicks

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0931092132 ISBN 13: 9780931092138

Publisher: IASP Press, 1996

Synopsis

Persistent pain is a common and frustrating problem for individuals involved in patient care. Among the most challenging pain syndromes are those associated with sympathetic nervous system abnormalities. These include reflex sympathetic dystrophy, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, shoulder-hand syndrome, and a variety of neuropathic pains. This volume represents the combined efforts of distinguished clinicians and basic scientists to achieve a synthesis of current knowledge relating the basic neural mechanisms of pain and sympathetic function, the clinical characteristics, and the diagnosis of these pain syndromes. This concise review of the problem will be helpful to health care professionals who deal with chronic pain patients and to neuroscientists working in the areas of visceral, musculoskeletal, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain.

About this title

About the Author

Wilfrid Jänig, Dr med, since 1973 has conducted research at the Physiological Institute of the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, Germany.

Michael Stanton-Hicks, MB BS, Dr med, FRCA, ABPN, FIPP is Vice-Chairman, Division of Anesthesiology Pain Management and Research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Pain Management Center, Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University.

Review

This work touches on clinical and therapeutic aspects of these syndromes, sometimes with certain contradictions due to the fact that several authors contributed to the work. It especially leaves a fairly large door open to new research in the pain field in order to specify inclusive and exclusive criteria for defining complex regional pain syndromes. --Neurophysiologie Clinique

The book will appeal especially to neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and researchers. --Minerva Psichiatrica

The entire volume is of high quality and reflects contemporary knowledge in this complex area.... In summary this is the best compendium of information on this area of pain management yet to be available and is highly recommended. --Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

The book will appeal especially to neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and researchers. --Minerva Psichiatrica

The entire volume is of high quality and reflects contemporary knowledge in this complex area.... In summary this is the best compendium of information on this area of pain management yet to be available and is highly recommended. --Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Edition details

• Publisher: IASP Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0931092132
• ISBN 13: 9780931092138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Michael D. Stanton-Hicks, Wilfrid Janig