Pain Management: Integrated Research

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The field of medicine concerned with the approaches to ease the suffering and to improve the quality of life of those struggling with chronic pain is known as pain management or algiatry. Medical practitioners, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, pharmacists, nurses, occupational therapists, massage therapists and mental health specialists are some of the members of a pain management team. Medications, including analgesics and anxiolytics are often used to relieve pain. Certain interventional procedures, such as epidural steroid injections, neurolytic blocks, facet joint infections, spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal drug delivery system implants can prove to be effective in pain management. This book unfolds the innovative aspects of pain management which will be crucial for the progress of this field in the future. It is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts and emerging trends in the field of pain management. This book is a complete source of knowledge in the present status of this important field.