Interventional Pain Medicine for Women's Health

Comprehensive Treatment Strategies
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-782047-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Women experience chronic pain at disproportionately higher rates than men, yet their symptoms are often overlooked, misunderstood, and inadequately treated. Biological differences in pain perception, hormonal fluctuations, and social and cultural factors intersect to create a uniquely complex landscape—one that demands specialized understanding and care. Although research and clinical technologies have advanced, critical gaps in diagnosis and treatment remain, leaving many women without effective relief.

Interventional Pain Medicine for Women's Health is a comprehensive resource designed to close those gaps. Bringing together leading experts across pain medicine, anesthesiology, obstetrics, gynecology, and mental health, this volume offers an integrated multidisciplinary framework for managing chronic pain conditions specific to women. With a strong emphasis on precision medicine and targeted treatment strategies, it details the latest interventional techniques and evidence-based strategies for conditions ranging from musculoskeletal disorders to complex pelvic pain.

Whether you are a clinician seeking to broaden your interventional pain management skillset or a researcher investigating innovative approaches to women's pain, this book provides practical guidance and clinically actionable insights. By bridging interventional procedures with holistic, patient-centred care, Interventional Pain Medicine for Women's Health empowers professionals to advocate for better outcomes and reshape how women's pain is recognized, understood, and treated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gupta, Anita

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Part I: Introduction to Pain in Women

- 1. Advancing Pain Care for Women: A Comprehensive Overview, Birpartap S Thind and Anita Gupta

- 2. Defining Pain and Its Unique Impact on Women's Health, Gerard Limerick, Eliot Sadik, Alejandra Cardenas Rojas, and Amna Haider

- 3. Foundations of Interventional Pain Treatment in Women: Multimodal and Comprehensive Approaches, Priyanka Singla, Jessie J. Liu, and Antje Barreveld

- 4. Epidemiology and Prevalence of Pain in Women, Catherine Lowe and Ioana Pasca

- 5. Biological Sex Differences in Pain Experience: Perception, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Rachel Sunico and Don Hoang

- 6. Diagnoses, Pathophysiology, and Interventional Pain Treatment in Women, Loren Shamalov, Yehuda Masturov, and Gary Schwartz

- Part II: Headache and Craniofacial Pain

- 7. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Head and Neck in Pain Syndromes, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta

- 8. Migraine and Headache Disorders in Women, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta

- 9. Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Migraine and Headache Disorders in Women, Anand Prem, Anesh Rugnath, and Suwarna Anand

- 10. Interventional Pain Treatments for Migraine Disorders in Women, Niranjana Bienkowska and Anita Gupta

- 11. Acute Complex Migraine Pain Managed With Multimodal Pharmacologic and Interventional Treatment, Joanna Sung, Dhiresh Bandaru, Jay Srinivas, Sumedha Shastry, and Anita Gupta

- Part III: Thoracic and Chest Wall Pain

- 12. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Thorax and Chest Wall, Thanh Thanh Tran and Ahmed Alassal

- 13. Common Thoracic Pain Conditions in Women, Joseph A. McGuire and Richard Vaglienti

- 14. Interventional Treatments for Thoracic and Chest Wall Pain, Loren Shamalov, Yehuda Masturov, and Gary Schwartz

- 15. Complex Post-Mastectomy Chest Wall Pain Treated With Targeted Regional Anesthesia, Huy Truong and Ioana Pasca

- Part IV: Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Syndromes

- 16. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Abdominal Region, Thanh Thanh Tran and Ahmed Alassal

- 17. Common Abdominal Pain Conditions in Women, Eliot Sadik, Ankur Jain, Michael Suarez, and Jason Mizrahi

- 18. Pelvic Adhesions and Pain: Integrating Surgical and Noninvasive Treatment Strategies, Rishika Voruganti, Alopi M. Patel, and Jessica Opoku-Anane

- 19. Interventional Treatments for Abdominal Pain in Women, Punthitra Arpornsuksant and Vahid Grami

- 20. Interventional Pain Strategies for Advanced Robotic-Assisted Surgical Procedures, Joanna Sung, Sumedha Shastry, Shaan Srinivas, and Anita Gupta

- Part V: Pelvic Pain-Diagnosis and Advanced Therapies

- 21. Anatomical Considerations of the Female Pelvis, Sophie E. Smith and Alopi M. Patel

- 22. Interventional Treatments for Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, Trevor Van De Water and Stephanie Crimmel

- 23. Uterine Fibroids and Menstrual Pain: Medical, Interventional, and Surgical Treatments, Shawana S. Moore

- 24. Endometriosis: Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies, Insiyyah Patanwala, Farah Alvi, Laura Douglass, and O. Sandra Madueke-Laveaux

- 25. Advanced Interventional Treatment of Endometriosis-Related Pain, Anuj Bapodra and Gary Schwartz

- 26. Non-Surgical Comprehensive Treatments for Pelvic Pain in Women, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Benjamin Allen Fujita-Howie, Melissa Chao, and Tanvee Singh

- 27. Integrative and Complementary Therapies for Pelvic Pain in Women, Anand Prem and James Sturvidant

- 28. Advanced Evidence-Based Interventional Techniques for Pelvic Pain, Katherine Gohres, Peter Sloane, Raj Patel, Karishma Kondapalli, and Magdalena Anitescu

- 29. Pudendal Nerve Stimulation in the Treatment of Refractory Urethral Discomfort, Katherine Gohres and Magdalena Anitescu

- Part VI: Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders

- 30. Anatomical Considerations of the Musculoskeletal System in Women, Chitra Ramasubbu, Archana Venkatesan, and Kavya Rajan

- 31. Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions in Women, Kimberly Templeton and Patrick George

- 32. Back and Neck Pain in Women: Interventional and Comprehensive Approaches, Nyla K. Azam and Farrukh A. Ansari

- 33. Pelvic Pain and Musculoskeletal Interplay in Women, Patricia Wang, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew

- 34. Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Women: Diagnosis, Treatment and Management, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew

- 35. Exercise-Based Interventions for Musculoskeletal Pain, Mohammad Husain Bawany, Sharon Marie Mathew, and Leena Mathew

- 36. Interventional Treatments for Musculoskeletal, Fibromyalgia, and Myofascial Pain in Women, Nathaniel Co and Anita Gupta

- 37. Outcomes of Epidural Steroid Injection in Chronic Musculoskeletal Back Pain, Kenzo Lacuarta and Anita Gupta

- Part VII: Pregnancy and Pain

- 38. Comprehensive Pain Treatment Considerations During Pregnancy, Sarafina Kankam, Kelsey Gustafson, and Katherine Adams

- 39. Maternal Pain and Postpartum Recovery: Clinical Implications and Outcomes, Sejal Tamakuwala and Sudheer Potru

- 40. Managing Pregnancy-Related Pain: Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Approaches, Jarna R. Shah

- 41. Pain Relief During Labor and Delivery: Epidural Anesthesia and Alternative Methods, Chadwick Barker, Borys Shturman, and Gary Schwartz

- Part VIII: Postpartum Pain Syndromes

- 42. Patient-Centered Approaches for Post Partum Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 43. Pudendal Neuralgia, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 44. Pelvic Girdle Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 45. Perineal Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 46. Scar Tissue Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 47. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 48. DeQuervain Tenosynovitis, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 49. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 50. Breast Pain, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- 51. Postpartum Migraine, Ankita Mathur, Danielle Levin, and Meera Kirpekar

- Part IX: Aging and Pain

- 52. Chronic Pain in Aging Women: Challenges and Opportunities, Grace Park

- 53. Pain in Women Across the Lifespan: Considerations in Assessment and Treatment, Vahid Grami and Amna Haider

- 54. Clinical Considerations in Shoulder Osteoarthritis Among Older Women, Carla Demerdjian and Anita Gupta

- Part X: Innovations and Future Directions

- 55. Precision Medicine and Personalized Pain Treatment in Women, Rosalynn R. Z. Conic and Lynn Kohan

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Anita Gupta is a world-renowned physician-anesthesiologist, pharmacist, and World Economic Forum (WEF) Member Expert, as well as a Founding Curator at the forefront of global health innovation. A Davos Agenda Delegate and recipient of the prestigious Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Award, Dr. Gupta is a leading authority on the intersection of biotechnology, pandemic preparedness, and women's health equity. Her strategic influence spans many of the world's most prominent institutions, where she has served as a trusted advisor to the Milken Institute, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Defense, and top Fortune-listed corporations. As a key voice within the Gates Foundation's Innovation Equity Forum, she helps drive global initiatives to address critical health challenges—from the synthetic-opioid crisis to persistent disparities in women's health.

Recognized by The New York Times, Forbes, and The Washington Post, Dr. Gupta has been named one of the Top 100 Most Inspiring Leaders and a Top 10 Fierce Healthcare Woman of Influence. Her work defines a new era of medical leadership, uniting high-stakes regulatory expertise with an unwavering commitment to advancing healthcare innovation worldwide.