Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity,
Edition 1 Volume 2: A Volume in the Interventional and Neuromodulatory Techniques for Pain Management SeriesEditors: By Asokumar Buvanendran, Sudhir Diwan, MD and Timothy R. Deer, MD
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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.
Key Features
- 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
- Access the fully searchable contents online at expertconsult.com
About the author
By Asokumar Buvanendran, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL; Sudhir Diwan, MD, President, Advanced Spine on Park Avenue, New York Associate Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein Medical School, Bronx, New York, USA; Timothy R. Deer, MD, President, The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias and Clinical Professor, West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia, USA
SECTION I: General Considerations
1. Basic Science of Spinal Receptors
2. Pharmacologic Agents and Compounding of Intrathecal Drugs
3. Polyanalgesia for Implantable Drug Delivery Systems
4. Principles of Patient Management for Intrathecal Analgesia
5. Patient Selection for Intrathecal Infusion to Treat Chronic Pain
6. Patient Preparation
7. Psychological Considerations in IDD
8. Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Medical Necessity, Documentation, Coding and Billing
SECTION II: Implant Devices
9. Methods of Trials for Consideration of ITDDS
10. Techniques of Implant Placement for Intrathecal Pumps
11. Programmable versus Fixed-Rate Pumps for Intrathecal Drug Delivery
12. SynchroMed EL vs SynchroMed II
13. Minimizing the Risks of Intrathecal Therapy
14. Complications Associated with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
SECTION III: Evidence-based practice
15. Management of ITDDS in Patients with Co-Morbidities
16. Cost-Effectiveness of Implanted Drug Delivery Systems
17. Neuroaugmentation by Stimulation vs. Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
18. Anticoagulation guidelines and Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
19. Intrathecal Therapy for Malignant Pain
SECTION IV: ITDDs for spasticity
20. Intrathecal Baclofen Trialing
21. Baclofen Pump Management
SECTION V: Future of ITDDs
22. Future of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems (including new devices)
23. Trialing for Ziconotide Intrathecal Analgesic Therapy
24. Perioperative Management of Patients with ITDDS
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