Essentials of Regenerative Medicine in Interventional Pain Management 2nd Edition

Regenerative medicine is an emerging and integral part of  interventional pain management and meets definitions of interventional  pain management and interventional techniques. Interventional techniques  are defined as minimally invasive procedures including, percutaneous  precision needle placement, with placement of drugs in targeted areas or  ablation of targeted nerves; and some surgical techniques such as laser  or endoscopic diskectomy, intrathecal infusion pumps, and spinal cord  stimulators, for the diagnosis and management of chronic, persistent, or  intractable pain. On the same token, interventional pain management is  defined as the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and  treatment of pain related disorders principally with the application of  interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and  intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities  of treatment.

This new edition brings a wide array of  information for interventional pain physicians and other  physicians practicing regenerative medicine with its applications in  managing chronic pain and other disorders. The structure of the book  begins with an introduction of the subject, followed by sections on  historical context, pathophysiology, applicability of regenerative  medicine with its evidence base, anatomy, technical aspects,  complications, and precautions for each topic when available and  applicable. From across the globe, leading experts in their respective  fields contributed chapters on specific topics to present a cogent and  integrative understanding of the field of regenerative medicine as  applicable for interventional pain physicians. This comprehensive text  achieves its goal of providing an evidence-based approach to application  of principles of regenerative medicine in managing chronic pain of  spinal, neurological, and musculoskeletal origins.