Canavero Sergio, Bonicalzi Vincenzo (eds.) Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management

2nd edition.— Cambridge University Press, 2011. — 397 p.A fully updated new edition of this definitive, unrivalled, no-nonsense textbook, provides new treatment guidelines that aid the reader in effective management. Encyclopedic coverage of all drug and surgical therapies, including the hot field of non-invasive and invasive cortical stimulation. 26 totally rewritten chapters include expanded sections on deep brain, spinal and other forms of stimulation, and a chapter on the efficacy of alternative and complementary medicine. Critical analysis of all current competing theories, including an expanded account of the leading dynamic reverberation theory which now incorporates a cortical attractor-based model. Clear-cut indications on drug usage, with black boxes for ineffective or dangerous drugs A classic textbook widely hailed on patients' websites, this is key reading for medical specialists and trainees in pain management, neurology, neurosurgery and anesthesiology, as well as for patients.Clinical Features and Diagnosis
Epidemiology
Clinical features
Somatosensory findings
Central pruritus
Natural history
Central pain allied conditions and special considerations
Diagnosing central pain
Treatment
Drug therapy
Neuromodulation
Cortical stimulation
Deep brain stimulation
Spinal cord stimulation
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Other stimulation techniques
Intraspinal drug infusion
Alternative and complementary approaches
Conclusions on therapy
Pathophysiology
Introduction to pathophysiology
Sudden disappearances of central pain
Results of neuroablation
Neurophysiological studies
Imaging studies
Drug dissection
Is this a spinal generator of central pain?
Attractor-driven dynamic reverberation