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Medical Specialist: Pain Management
Pain management is a subspecialty of anesthesiology. Anesthesiologists are doctors who complete a three-year residency in anesthesiology, and are responsible for monitoring and maintaining patient health and pain relief before, during and after surgery. One-year fellowship programs in pain management provide advance training in the multidisciplinary management of chronic, acute and cancer-related pain and treat patients with complex pain problems such as:
Associated Diseases
- Low-back pain
- Failed-surgery syndrome
- Neuropathic pain
- Complex-regional-pain syndrome
- Neck pain
- Headache
- Fibromyalgia
Reference:
American Board of Anesthesiology 2007.
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Written by: JC Jones MA, RN
Reviewed by: Last Updated: February 20, 2008 Published By: Healthline Networks Inc. |
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