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Regional Anesthesia for Chronic Pain

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Sympathetic blockade has become a mainstay of therapy in the treatment of a variety of cancer-related and chronic pain conditions. The advent of ultrasound-, fluoroscopy-, endoscopy-, and CT-guided techniques have brought this important area of pain control to the regional anesthesiologist and pain management specialist. Imaging has allowed precise placement of needles to deliver local anesthetics, steroids, and neurolytic substances to block various sympathetic ganglia. With these techniques, pain relief can potentially be achieved for a variety of cancer and noncancer pain conditions.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois Medical Center, 1740 W. Taylor Street, Suite 3200W, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Vijay Krishnamoorthy MD & Gina Votta-Velis MD, PhD

  2. Georgia Pain and Spine Care, Newnan, GA, 30265, USA

    Ruben Koshy MD

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland

    Alain Borgeat MD

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Correspondence to Vijay Krishnamoorthy MD .

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  1. University Hosp and Ochsner Kenner Hosp, Prof and Chairman,Dept of Anesthesiology, Director of Interventional Pain Mgmt., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 70112, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  2. Harvard Medical School, Director, Proced Sedation Mgmt & Safety, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Med, Boston, 02115, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Krishnamoorthy, V., Koshy, R., Votta-Velis, G., Borgeat, A. (2012). Regional Anesthesia for Chronic Pain. In: Kaye, A., Urman, R., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Essentials of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1013-3_26

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