Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain

by Sharma, Manohar; Gupta, Sanjeeva; Bennett, Michael; Simpson, Karen

• ISBN13: 9780199661626
• ISBN10: 0199661626
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-04-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Practical Management of Complex Cancer Pain gives advice on advanced pain management techniques for cancer pains. Emphasis is placed on the suitability and selection of patients for different invasive and complex procedures based on the patient's history.

Case histories provide compressive insight into the complexities of holistic management, with pain being only one of the factors that distress patients and families. The book also covers cancer pain management for patients in a community setting including, the collaboration between pain and palliative medicine.

This practical guide to the management and treatment of complex cancer pain is essential reading for all oncologists, pain, and palliative care specialists.

Author Biography

Manohar Sharma, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Department of Pain Medicine, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK,Sanjeeva Gupta, Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, Bradford Royal Infirmary, UK,Michael Bennett, Professor of Palliative Medicine, International Observatory on End of Life Care, School of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, UK,Karen Simpson, Consultant in Pain Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, UK

Table of Contents

Section A. Introduction and clinical cases
1. Definition and pathophysiology of complex cancer pain, Michael I. Bennett
2. Pharmacological management of cancer pain, Matthew Makin
3. Neurolytic Blocking Agents, Subash Jain
4. Role of surgery in cancer pain management, Paul Eldridge
5. Oncological management of cancer pain, Chinnamani Eswar
6. Pelvic pain, Arun Bhaskar
7. Chest wall pain from mesothelioma or lung cancer, Manohar Sharma and Sanjeeva Gupta
8. Unilateral upper limb plexopathy pain caused by cancer, Andrew Jones
9. Unilateral lower limb plexopathy related cancer pain, Kate Marley
10. Upper GI pain from invasive pancreatic cancer, Matthew Makin
11. Multiple bone metastases/bone fracture related, Manohar Sharma
12. Intrathecal pump case history, Louise Lynch
Section B. Details of interventional techniques
13. Basic procedure safety and patient considerations for cancer pain interventions, Samya Dev Datta
14. Sympathectomy for cancer pain, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta and Arun Bhaskar
15. Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty for spinal metastasis pain, Kumar S V Das and Shubhabrata Biswas
16. Cervical cordotomy, Manohar Sharma
17. Intrathecal and intracerebroventricular drug delivery for cancer pain, Louise Lynch
18. Spinal neurolysis, Subash Jain
19. Trigeminal intervention, Manohar Sharma
20. Neurosurgical techniques for cancer pain, Paul Eldridge
21. Peripheral nerve blocks including neurolytic blocks, Andrew Jones
Section C. Collaboration between services
22. Role of collaboration between pain medicine and palliative care, Heino Hugel
23. Control of complex pain at the end of life in hospice or community setting, Umesh Gidwani and Stephen Burns