Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity by Sudhir Diwan

Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity by Sudhir Diwan

Presents guidance on a range of intrathecal drug delivery techniques. This book offers advice on a variety of procedures to treat chronic non-malignant pain, cancer pain, and spasticity. It provides coverage on selecting and performing these techniques - as well as weighing relative risks and complications - that helps you ensure optimum outcomes.

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.

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ISBN 13	9781437722178
ISBN 10	1437722172
Title	Intrathecal Drug Delivery for Pain and Spasticity
Author	Sudhir Diwan
Series	Interventional And Neuromodulatory Techniques In Pain Management
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Elsevier Health Sciences
Year published	2011-10-10
Number of pages	224
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