Customer Reviews

Atlas of Interventional Pain Management, 1e

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This book is a cash grab. Seeking to cash in on a previously well written book with Winnie, Waldman seriously insults the intelligence of his would be readers. Not only are the diagrams cell-shaded, but they were over simplified to the point of being useless. Also I recall at one point he advocates using steroids in his approach to the stellate ganglion in the treatment of CRPS, no safe practitioner would do this. Nor is there any valid evidence to support this. I have repeatedly cautioned anyone interested in chronic pain from buying this book.

The book is great however the half of the index is missing. I returned it to Amazon and they shipped another book with the same exact problem. One would think they would check this since I explained the problem in detail when I called for the return. What to do now? I use the book daily do I risk returning it againg for the same problems since it must of happened during printing since the books I received were still wrapped in plastic.

May31st, 2000

Other manuals of Pain Mangement techniques exist, however Dr. Steve Waldman's command of anatomy, clinical disease, and far-reaching vision of the specialty of Interventional Pain Mangement has, for two-decades, been a source of inspiration and courage for younger clinical practitioners in the specialty. The current Hardcover volume is superbly illustrated, with clear instructions, and an encyclopedic-volume of possible pain management procedures to offer patients suffering from a wide variety of clinical sydromes. The author is to be, once again, congratulated for his efforts. I refer to this text regularly in my clinic, and recommend it whole-heartedly.

Although it has nice colored diagrams that may be helpful in a presentation or teaching students, it is oversimplified and useless, I regret buying it.

THE BOOK IS EXCELENTE, FIGURES ARE PERFECT, TEXT IS INTELLIGENT AND FOCUSED ON IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANEGEMENT.

excellent coverage of numerous topics a great first attempt...would help if there were more diagrams detailing approaches from differant angles