The Medicolegal Implications of Placebo Use in Pain Medicine
A placebo is any medication or procedure with no known therapeutic effect. Placebos are often given for the psychological, rather than physiological, benefit of the patient and are also used as a control measure in…
Read more The Use of Neuroimaging in Pain Medicine
The phenomenon of acute pain serves two main purposes. First, it acts as a warning system to the body that the risk from harm is imminent. Second, it indicates that an injury has already occurred,…
Read more Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Litigation
1 Introduction 1.1 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) remains a poorly understood phenomenon. In the realm of medical litigation, the syndrome can prove particularly challenging to substantiate. This is often due to the lack of…
Read more Prevalence of Degenerative Changes in Back and Spinal Pain and the Medicolegal Implications
Back pain is the commonest reason patients consult their GP, and it has been estimated that 60–80% of the population will experience the condition at some point during their lifetime. There is a significant socioeconomic…
Read more Reliability and Veracity in Medicolegal Pain Cases
An accurate and reliable assessment of the patient’s condition is crucial in achieving a fair outcome in medicolegal cases involving chronic pain. While assessment of acute pain is relatively straightforward, measurement of chronic pain, and…
Read more Pelvic Mesh Implants: Issues at a Physical and Psychological Level
In this second article related to pelvic mesh implants, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez, discusses the physical and psychological issues that can arise following surgery for pelvic mesh implants. In his first article on the topic Dr…
Read more Latest treatment options for chronic pain
Chronic pain is associated with decreased function and also affects the patient’s emotional wellbeing and quality of life. Unlike acute pain, chronic pain often does not have an obvious physiologic cause and this can make…
Read more The medicolegal challenges of pelvic mesh usage
In this article, the first in our series of two on pelvic mesh and its medicolegal challenges, Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez, Consultant in Pain Medicine and expert witness, explores the uses of pelvic mesh and the…
Read more Autumn Pain Clinic dates
This Autumn, as well as our usual pain clinic availability in Harley Street, London and Reading, our pain experts will be holding clinics in the following locations: Birmingham 16 September 2021 Dr Chris Jenner Cardiff…
Read more Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long-Covid: Q&A with Dr Jenner
Is it possible to distinguish between a patient suffering from post-traumatic Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and a patient suffering from long Covid? There is a considerable overlap in symptoms between these two conditions, which would…
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