Spinal Cord Stimulation II An Innovative Method in the Treatment of PVD and Angina

Spinal Cord Stimulation II (SCS) contains the state of the art of this innovative method in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease.
The volume presents such topics as: Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain.- Management of Critical Limb Ischemia.- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Angina Pectoris.- Buerger's Disease.- Miscellaneous.

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain.- Physiological mechanisms activated by stimulation of the spinal dorsal columns.- Central nervous mechanisms involved in neuropathic and nociceptive pain.- Spinal cord stimulation in ischemia and ischemic pain. Possible mechanisms of action.- Influence of cervical spinal cord stimulation on the vascular system.- Spinal cord stimulation for chronic intractable pain.- How to evaluate the results of neuromodulative procedures in pain?.- Evaluation of the effects of spinal cord stimulation by infrared thermography.- Management of Critical Limb Ischemia.- Definition, epidemiology and pathophysiology of critical limb ischemia.- Prostanoids in the treatment of critical limb ischemia.- Arterial vascular reconstruction in critical ischemia of the lower extremities.- Results of pedal bypass surgery for critical limb ischemia.- Value of intraoperative techniques in improving bypass patency.- Value of spinal cord stimulation for limb salvage in patients with graft failure.- Epidural spinal cord stimulation following intravenous prostaglandin E1 therapy in non-reconstructible peripheral arterial occlusive disease stage IV.- Spinal Cord Stimulation for Angina Pectoris.- Neurophysiological mechanisms of pain relief by spinal cord stimulation in angina pectoris.- Spinal cord stimulation in servere angina pectoris - presentation of current studies, indications and practical experience.- Spinal cord stimulation for intractable angina.- Pain modulation by spinal cord stimulation in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease not accessible to surgical reconstruction.- Neurostimulation for angina pectoris irresponsive to standard therapies.- Spinal cord stimulation for coronary vascular pathology: our experience.- Buerger’s Disease —Miscellaneous.- Buerger’s Disease: an overview.- Spinal cord stimulation in the treatment of Buerger’s Disease.- Spinal cord stimulation for upper extremity ischemic vascular disease.- Mapping of sensory electrical responses to epidural spinal cord stimulation.- Epidural spinal cord electrical stimulation (ESES) effect on penile flow: an experimental study.