| Contact Details |
Bradford Teaching Hosp NHS Found Trust
Bradford Royal Infirmary
Duckworth Lane
BRADFORD
BD9 6RJ
sgupta6502@aol.com
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| Officers |
Dr Stephen Ward, Secretary
Dr Manohar Sharma, Treasurer |
| BPS Council Member Liaison |
Dr Stephen Ward |
| Nature of SIG |
All physical interventions, including neuromodulation and
drug delivery. |
| Description of Activities
and Scientific Focus |
-To promote Interventional Pain Medicine (IPM)
-To promote the scientific basis of IPM
-To facilitate the dissemination of knowledge
-To promote education
-To provide a forum for debate, education, and the forging of
links between individuals
-To set minimum safety standards
-To provide a forum for dissemination of knowledge and cooperation
between industry and clinicians |
| Any other news |
A list of members of the IPM SIG who are
willing to demonstrate various interventional techniques is
currently available. For further information please contact
the secretariat by email at meetings@britishpainsociety.org
On 30th November 2007, the SIG held
a successful meeting on 'Recent advances on interventional
techniques for spinal pain' at the SAS Radisson Hotel,
Manchester
On 2nd December 2008, the SIG held
a successful meeting on 'Achieving Better Outcomes in
Interventional Pain' at Churchill House, London. Topics
included:
- Management of Trigeminal
neuralgia Prof S Erdne, Turkey
- Epidural Adhesiolysis
Dr P McGowan, London
- New technique for SIJ
Denervation Dr B Vilims USA
- Ozone in spinal pain
Dr R Cooper, Coleraine
- Guideline development
– an international view Dr C Wells,
Liverpool
- Achieving better outcomes
with spinal cord stimulator Dr B Vilims,
USA
- Consent / guidelines survey
Dr Annad, Manchester
- Balloon micro-compression
in Trigeminal neuralgia Dr M Sharma, Liverpool
On the 9th October 2009, the SIG held
a successful meeting in Manchester.
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