Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity

Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity - a volume in the new Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management series - presents state-of-the-art guidance on the full range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques performed today. Asokumar Buvanendran, MD and Sudhir Diwan, MD, offer expert advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. Comprehensive, evidence-based coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - helps you ensure optimum outcomes. With access to the fully searchable text at www.expertconsult.com, you’ll have the detailed visual assistance you need right at your fingertips.

• Understand the rationale and scientific evidence behind intrathecal drug delivery techniques and master their execution
• Optimize outcomes, reduce complications, and minimize risks by adhering to current, evidence-based practice guidelines
• Apply the newest techniques in intrathecal pump placement, cancer pain management, use of baclofen pumps, and compounding drugs
• Quickly find the information you need in a user-friendly format with strictly templated chapters supplemented with illustrative line drawings, images, and treatment algorithms
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Dr. Diwan is a world renown luminary in Minimally Invasive Spine Methods. A former fellowship director, at Cornell University, Dr. Diwan now leads the Latin American Pain Society and the New York New Jersey Pain Symposium, one of the premier meetings in the space. In addition, he has authored hundreds of articles, chapters and books.

Dr. Deer and Dr. Diwan frequently teach these methods of Minimally Invasive Spine surgery around the world and have an extensive network of physicians who are renowned in all areas of the book.

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.