Sciatica and Chronic Pain Past, Present and Future /

• Main Author: Baloh, Robert W. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: General practice (Medicine).; Neurology .; Internal medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Neurology.; Internal Medicine.

This highly engaging title offers a concise, state-of-the-art overview of the management of sciatica and chronic pain. Written by a well-known neurologist, the book explores the multifaceted approach to the management of sciatica and chronic pain from many viewpoints, including the pharmacologic and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Nerves and the detection and perception of pain
• What causes sciatica?
• Initial management of sciatica
• Imaging the back and sciatic nerve
• Anesthetics, steroids and surgery for sciatica
• Why does pain persist in so many cases?
• Treatment of chronic neuropathic pain
• Promising new treatments for chronic pain
• Some final thoughts.