Pain management yearbook. 2011 / Joav Merrick, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, 1950-

Series:

Health and human development series.

Pain management yearbook ; 2011

Health and human development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Analgesia.

Pain--Treatment.

Pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (653 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this yearbook for 2011 we start out with a description of research from the University of Toronto in Canada on bone metastases. The next section also from the Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is about brain metastases, a frequent manifestation of advanced cancer devastating to the patient as typically patients do not survive more than a year upon diagnosis and the treatment itself often results in significant side effects that impact a patients quality of life. The next section is on neuroplasticity, which reflects the ability of human brain to alter the pattern of ne

Contents:

""PAIN MANAGEMENT YEARBOOK 2011""; ""PAIN MANAGEMENT YEARBOOK 2011""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Pain management year book 2011""; ""Section one � bone metastases""; ""Chapter 1 Rapid response radio therapy program and multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Rapid response radiotherapy program (RRRP)""; ""An innovative approach""; ""What is an appropriate waiting time for palliative RT?""; ""Review of the program""; ""Referring physician satisfaction""; ""Model for other centers""

""The bone metastases clinic (BMC)""""Review of the bone metastases clinic""; ""Prostate bone metastases clinic""; ""Need for future research""; ""Research as an integral part of the programs""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 Conventional radiation treatment and bone metastases""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Single fraction versus multiple fraction treatment schedules""; ""Development of international consensus endpoints""; ""Results of first analysis using international consensus endpoints""; ""Most updated systematic review of the literature on SF versus MF""

""Analysis of mild, moderate and severe pain endpoints""""Most useful follow-up for end-point analysis""; ""Meaningful change for patients""; ""Pattern of practice""; ""Future projects""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Stereotactic body radio therapy for spine tumors""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Studies evaluating the dosimetric impact of positional errors""; ""Clinical results for spine SBRT efficacy""; ""Discussion related to international literature""; ""Future directions""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""

""Chapter 4 Management of malignant spinal cord compression""""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Malignant spinal cord compression""; ""Malignant extradural spinal cord compression""; ""Treatment options""; ""Quality of life issues in MSCC""; ""Future research""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Defining oncologic spinal instability""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Biomechanical aspects of metastatic spinal instability""; ""Clinical aspects of metastatic spinal instability""; ""Radiological indicators of metastatic spinal instability""

""Clinical symptoms associated with spinal instability""""Evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of oncological spinal instability""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Vertebral compression fractures from spinal metastases: Imaging and application of kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Imaging of spine metastases""; ""Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty""; ""Indications for vertebral augmentation""; ""Future directions""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7 Less invasive surgical approaches for spine metastases""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-971-7

OCLC:

868975228