INTEGRATING PAIN TREATMENT INTO YOUR SPINE PRACTICE

• Part One Identification and Management of Pain Patients.
Chapter 1 Identification of the Pain Patient.
Chapter 2 Role of Spinal Surgery in Pain Management.
Chapter 3 Failed Back Surgery Syndrome.
Chapter 4 Cervical Pain Syndromes.
Chapter 5 Revision Surgery and Alternative Treatment Options for Recurrent Pain.
Chapter 6 Considerations for Neuromodulation.
• Part Two Integrating Pain into Practice.
Chapter 7 Practice Setup.
Chapter 8 Referral Networks.
Chapter 9 Integration of Specialties.
Chapter 10 Coding and Reimbursement for Spinal Cord Stimulation.
• Part Three Pain Management Therapies.
Chapter 11 Medications Used for the Treatment of Back Pain.
Chapter 12 Interventional Procedures.
Chapter 13 Neuromodulation.
Chapter 14 Intrathecal Therapy for Chronic Spine Pain.
• Part Four Surgical Pain Therapies.
Chapter 15 Epidural Paddle Placement for Spinal Cord Stimulation.
Chapter 16 Percutaneous Placement.
Chapter 17 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation - Cervical Syndromes.
Chapter 18 Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Axial Pain Syndromes.
Chapter 19 Intrathecal Drug Delivery: Surgical Technique.
Chapter 20 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty.
Chapter 21 Emerging Technology in Neuromodulation: Waveforms and New Targets in Spinal Cord Stimulation.

This book fills the gap in knowledge and patient care by showing spine surgeons how to integrate pain management techniques into their practice. The first of its kind, Integrating Pain Treatment into Your Spine Practice is in tune with current efforts by major neurosurgical and neuromodulation societies and leading manufacturers of neuromodulation equipment to educate spine surgeons on the management of their patients’ post-surgical pain.

Designed as an all-in-one volume, this book explains how to identify candidates for pain treatment and when to refer them to specialists. It also presents “how-to” clinical information on approaches to managing pain, from the medical to the interventional and provides practical business guidance on coding and reinforcement.

Features
• First book to show spine surgeons how to integrate pain management into their practice
• Covers spectrum of approaches to pain management, from medical to interventional
• Guidance on when to refer to a pain physician
• Coding, reimbursement, and other practice management nuts and bolts

Authors
• Dr. Falowski is a neurosurgeon at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Allentown, PA where he practices functional and general neurosurgery. He is an active member of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) where he serves as Scientific Program Chair, co-editor of the newsletter, director of the spinal course stimulator workshop, and abstract reviewer. He also serves as member of the joint Congress of Neurological Surgery / American Association of Neurological Surgery Coding & Reimbursement Committee.
• Dr. Pope, a Springer author, is a Cleveland Clinic-trained pain physician and anesthesiologist who prior to joining Dr. Timothy Deer’s Center for Pain Relief, Charleston, WV as a physician partner taught at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia’s 2014 Faculty Cadaver Section and editor and writer of the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Self-Assessment Module on Pain Medicine, an online course in the ASA’s Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology offerings. With Dr. Deer, Dr. Pope is currently co-editing Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions: A Comprehensive Quick Reference Handbook.