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Chronic pain, Neuropathic Pain, Spine Pain, Cancer Pain, Musculoskeletal pain, Chronic post surgical pain, Acute post surgical pain, Interventional pain management, Ultrasound in pain medicine, Palliative care
Pain less than 1 month's duration
CHRONIC PAIN SERVICES (outpatient and inpatient): For patients with pain lasting more than 3 months duration and not responding to illness
Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, English
Dr. Mahesh Menon is an Anaesthesiologist specialising in the assessment, diagnosis and management of any pain that lasts longer than 3 to 6 months without relief (Chronic Pain). He holds a prestigious Clinical Fellowship from the Pain Management Centre at Singapore General Hospital - accredited by the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Faculty of Pain Medicine. He has visited reputed Pain Centres in the United States as an observer and is actively pursuing excellence in Palliative Medicine. He has background work experience in Neurosurgery and was involved in Family Practice which has added broader dimensions to his clinical approach in treating patients with chronic pain. He has presented several talks on this subject, and demonstrated advanced pain interventions at various conferences and scientific meetings. He is a strong advocate of pain relief as a basic human right, and is involved with several scientific bodies and organizations to this end. He aims to promote awareness regarding the burden of suffering patients with pain, and the use of rational, evidence based techniques to address these problems in patients with a spectrum of illnesses that cause pain. In addition, he strongly promotes pain relief and quality of life in patients suffering from Cancer in all stages of the illness. He has been a Faculty in several National and International conferences in Pain medicine. He has delivered talks in Orthopedic Conferences and Meetings, and is a Training Faculty at the Traveling Pain School, an educational initiative to educate undergraduates about pain medicine.He is a certified trainer in the Education in palliative and end of life care (EPEC- India) program. He has won a travel scholarship to participate in the Multinational association for supportive care in cancer meeting held in Copenhagen in 2015. He has represented KokilabenDhirubhaiAmbani hospital at the national training program endorsed by the Ministry of health and family welfare held in Delhi in 2016 to promote palliative care for patients suffering from cancer in India.
The Pain Management Clinic at Kokilaben Hospital is led by Dr Mahesh Menon who is an Anaesthesiologist by training but exclusively practices Pain Medicine. He has an Advanced Fellowship in Pain Medicine from Singapore.
Since he set up the Pain Management Clinic at Kokilaben Hospital in 2011 more than 8000 patients have been treated here. Currently every month more than 300 patients are seen and 50 Complex Pain Management Procedures done. Around 70% of these procedures are for spine related problems (*Backaches).
Long Term Success Rates (internationally defined as a 70-80% reduction of pain, decrease in requirement of painkillers and return to normal life) are around 75% for patients. Some procedures like epidural steroid injections depend on underlying patient factors. We see a lot of patients here who clearly require surgery, but wish to go for Injections to avoid it and as a step down option. The success rate in these patients is close to 70%.
Radiofrequency Ablation (RF Ablation), and Knee Joint Injections are more definitive and carry a close to 90% success rate in the long term.
The department is now in the process of integrating pain medicine and palliative care services in the care of every patient to ensure a pain free hospital stay. This is part of a national training program and in keeping with standards for palliative care recognised by international oncology associations.
Outpatients seen | 2000 per year |
Inpatients seen | 1000 per year |
Procedures performed | 300 per year |
No. | Journal Code | Department | Type | Download | |
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1 | 189 | Pain Management & Palliative Care | International | - | |
Publication/Talk Title : Use Of Strong Opioids For Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Retrospective Analysis At A Pain Centre In Singapore Journal Published : Singapore Medical Journal |
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2 | 125 | Pain Management & Palliative Care | National | Download | |
Publication/Talk Title : Gabapentin in the Treatment Of Persistent Hiccups in Advanced Malignancy Journal Published : Indian Journal of Palliative Care |
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3 | 73 | Pain Management & Palliative Care | National | Download | |
Publication/Talk Title : Continuous Cervical Epidural Analgesia in Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression Journal Published : Indian Journal of Palliative Care |