What is it?
Pain medicine specialists assess, diagnose and treat patients with complex pain, caused by acute injury, chronic pain that persists after an injury has healed, related to cancer, or sometimes as a primary problem without an obvious cause. Treatment of complex pain conditions often involves a multi-disciplinary approach.
What conditions does it cover?
The most common conditions our experts are called upon to provide an opinion on are:
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Phantom limb pain
- Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome (PMPS)
- Multi-disciplinary pain management
- Osteoarthritic degenerative joint pain
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Case study
Spinal surgery case study: An unexpected complication following spinal surgery
Dr Ramos-Galvez considers unexpected complications that can occur following spinal surgery