Textbook of pain / edited by Patrick D. Wall, Ronald Melzack ; clinical consultants, John J. Bonica ... [et al.].

Contents

Part 1 Basic aspects: peripheral
Peripheral neural mechanisms of nociception
The course and termination of primary afferent fibres
The pathophysiology of damaged peripheral nerves
Functional chemistry of primary afferent neurons

Central
The dorsal horn
The origin and destination of pathways involved in pain transmission Visceral versus somatic mechanisms
Experimental data related to nociception and pain at the supraspinal level
Deafferentation and central pain
The central pharmacology of pain transmission
Endogenous pain control mechanism

Psychological
Emotional aspects of pain
Cognitive aspects of pain
Acute versus chronic pain
Methods of assessing pain in animals
Methods of testing pain mechanisms in normal man
Testing pain mechanisms in persons in pain.

Part 2 Clinical aspects of disease in which pain predominates

Soft tissue, joints and bone
Acute and postoperative pain
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Orthopaedic pain after trauma
Back pain
The failed back
Evaluation of the patient presenting with upper-extremity pain
Myosascial pain syndromes
Headache
The pain of burns

Deep and visceral pain
Heart, muscle and eye pain
Orofacial, abdominal and gynecological pain
Labour and genitourinary pain

Nerve and root damage
Phantom pain and related phenomena after amputation
Peripheral neuropathies
Tic douloureux and atypical face pain
Nerve root damage and arachnoiditis

Children
Pain in children

Carcinoma
Cancer pain
Carcinoma invading nerve
Psychological and social aspects of cancer pain
Pain and impending death

Central nervous system
Central pain due to spinal cord and brain stem damage
Pain and psychological medicine.

Part 3 Therapeutic aspects
Pharmacology
Non-narcotic analgesics
Opioids
Psychotropic drugs

Local blockade
Local anaesthesia and regional blocks
Epidural and anaesthetics and narcotics
Pharmacological target blocks in painful dystrophic limbs

Lesions
Peripheral nerve and root chemical lesions
Sympathetic ganglion lesions
Root, disc and orthopaedic surgery
Operations in the brain stem and spinal canal
Percutaneous cordotomy
Stereotactic surgery
Pituitary destruction
Psychosurgery for pain

Stimulation
Segmental afferent fiber-induced analgesia
Folk medicine and the sensory modualation of pain
Acupuncture analgesia and therpy
Spinal cord stimulation
Brain stimulation

Physiotherapy
Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, superficial heat and cold in the Treatment of pain
Manipulation and massage
Movement education
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Pysychotherapy
Pain and illness behaviour
Eelaxation and biofeedback
A cognitive-behavioural approach to pain management
A collaborative model of care, behaviour therapy
Hypnosis
Pain and litigation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.