Neuropathic Pain

Neuropathic pain is one of the most common, debilitating, costly, and difficult to treat categories of chronic pain conditions characterized by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Neuropathic Pain, part of the What Do I Do Now? Pain Medicine series, brings together in one volume 45 cases which expertly explore the diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of various types of neuropathic pain including less common and complex cases.

Treatment of neuropathic pain requires skillful assessment and management. Neuropathic Pain provides an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter challenging situations. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

Author: Nadine Attal, Didier Bouhassira
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/10/2023
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.19w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780197616345
ISBN10: 0197616348
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Neurology
- Business & Economics | Insurance | Health

About the Author

Nadine Attal, MD, PhD, is a neurologist, Professor of Therapeutics and Pain Medicine at Paris Saclay University, head of The Pain Center at Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France and associate director of the U 987 INSERM research Unit. She has played a leading role in translational research in pain and has published in leading journals. She is section editor for BJA and PainReports and Councilmember of the International Association for the Study of Pain. She was appointed "chevalier de la létion d'honneur" in 2016, and received awards from the French Science Academy (2017) and the Rynd Award from the Irish Society of Anesthesiologists (2022).

Dr. Didier Bouhassira (MD, PhD) has been trained in neurology and neurophysiology in Paris. He has been involved in both basic and clinical research on pain and is currently Director of Research at the National Institut for Health and Medical Research (Inserm). He is associate attending neurologist in the Pain Clinic at Ambroise Paré hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt and director of the laboratory of "Pathophysiology and Clinical Pharmacology of Pain" (Inserm U-987). Didier Bouhassira was president of the French Pain Society (2013-2016) and is an active member of several international associations or societies. He has been field editor for the European Journal of Pain (2008-2021) and associate editor for several scientific journals including Pain. He has co-authored over 220 articles in peer reviewed journals and has written a number of book chapters devoted to the pharmacology and pathophysiology of pain.