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Low Back Pain
This topic addresses the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. With proper treatment, satisfactory pain relief may be achieved in most patients.
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Section Editor(s): Santhanam Suresh, MD, and John F. Sarwark, MD
OKO Pain Management offers a concise, highly useful and timely synopsis of the most important interdisciplinary knowledge of pain management. This new OKO offering is your best single resource for pain management information. It covers orthopaedic conditions requiring pain management, general considerations such as pain physiology, mechanisms and pathways, as well as methods of pain management and more. Written from the interdisciplinary perspective of orthopaedic surgeons and anesthesiologists, the information provides both general discussions and highly specific information.
Orthopaedic Conditions Requiring Pain Management
In this OKO Pain Management section, conditions are organized and listed to assist the orthopedic surgeon and other clinicians. Timely updates are discussed and relevancy to practice is highlighted. View Description
Techniques in Pain Management
OKO Pain Management presents in this section highly clinically applicable knowledge for the clinician. Medical/pharmacologic management, surgical management, therapeutic blocks and injections and other modalities including acupuncture are discussed and updated. View Description
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Acute Pain Management
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Continuous Femoral Nerve Block for Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
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Definition and Classification of Pain
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Low Back Pain
Orthopaedic Conditions Requiring Pain Management
Physiology of Pain, Pain Mechanisms, and Pathways
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Techniques in Pain Management
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Definition and
Classification of Pain
OKO Pain Management describes current definitions and classification of pain related problems in this section. With advances in clinical knowledge, it is not always easy for the practitioner to keep up to date. Timely and up to date information is provided at the click of the mouse. View Description
Physiology of Pain, Pain Mechanisms, and Pathways
OKO Pain Management provides up to date information on pain physiology in this new section. Relevant information on pain mechanisms that links timely pharmacologic information to clinical practice is presented. View Description