Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Discogenic Pain

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.

• Chapter 1: Epidemiology and Etiology of Discogenic Pain: How Big is the Problem?Chapter 2: Establishing the Diagnosis of Discogenic Back Pain: An Evidence-Based Algorithmic ApproachChapter 3: Imaging for Discogenic PainChapter 4: Provocation DiscographyChapter 5: Analgesic DiscographyChapter 6: Discogenic Pain: Intradiscal Therapeutic Injections and Use of Intradiscal Biologic AgentsChapter 7: Radiofrequency and Other Heat Applications for the Treatment of Discogenic PainChapter 8: Arthrodesis and Fusion for the Treatment of Discogenic Neck and Back Pain: Evidence Based Effectiveness and ControversiesChapter 9: Nucleus Pulposus Replacement and Motion Sparing TechnologiesChapter 10: Cervical & Thoracic Discogenic Pain: Therapeutic Non-surgical OptionsChapter 11: Disc Herniations: Injections and Minimally Invasive Techniques Chapter 12: Current Surgical Options for Intervertebral Disc Herniation in the Cervical and Lumbar SpineChapter 13: Neuromodulation and Intrathecal Therapies for the Treatment Chronic Radiculopathy Related with Intractable Discogenic Pain