Chronic pain management in spine disorders.
Chronic nonmalignant pain is less a symptom of a disease than a disease in itself. Accordingly, successful treatments rely less on identifying underlying pathology than on treating neural causes of pain amplification, psychologic causes of disability, and the sequelae of deconditioning and psychiatric illness. The outcome, when such treatment is provided, is remarkably favorable.
Covington
Edward
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Section of Pain Medicine, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. covinge@ccf.org
D002908:Chronic Disease; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*