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Dr Milton Raff

Dr Milton Raff

Pain Management
Cape Town

About Dr Milton Raff

The Pain Management Clinic is situated at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

Started in 1995 by Dr Milton Raff, a Specialist Anaesthesiologist, who continues to direct and consult at the facility. Dr Milton Raff is a past President of the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA) as well as the past President of PAINSA, the South African Chapter of  the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). He has held the position of member of the Working Group for Developing Countries of the IASP and was the Chairperson of the Acute Pain Committee of the World Federation of Anaesthesiologists. (WFSA). He is the Editor of the Journal of PAINSA.

As a pain practitioner, Dr Raff has a highly professional medical approach to the understanding of pain, how it works, how it affects our ability to function in daily life, and how it affects our psychological outlook.

Why Go To A Pain Clinic?

A Pain Clinic aims to optimise the management and treatment of both chronic and acute pain. This includes treatment of pain associated with diseases such as cancer, back and neck pain, shingles, stroke, and other neuropathic pain, as well as HIV pain, facial pain and fibromyalgia.The medical profession acknowledges that pain is a disease. Pain management has not received the attention that it deserves in medical training and education This is not unique to South Africa and is a widely recognised international problem.

This Pain Clinic makes use of the advances in. drug therapy to optimise therapy for specific medical indications and conditions. There are now many more medications available to help patients. Technology too has improved, resulting in more choices for the treatment of both acute and chronic pain.The Pain Clinic is associated with other medical specialists including Radiologists, Neurologists, Spinal and Orthopaedic
surgeons, as well as Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Physiotherapists

What Does This Pain Clinic Do?

This Pain Clinic is focused on both medical and interventional therapy as there is no “one size fits all” approach. Patients are carefully screened and examined to establish a diagnosis so that the most appropriate and up to date treatment can be prescribed for their specific condition.

The doctor will provide you with a variety of strategies to manage your pain. Accepted scientifically and evidence-based therapy will be discussed with each patient to determine which type of therapy is most appropriate for them.

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What Can I Expect At The Pain Clinic?

Your initial consultation will be performed on an out-patient basis You will be evaluated by Dr Milton Raff and a plan of care will be devised.

Treatment can vary from a new drug prescription to the need for an injection technique, a more advanced pain treatment or a surgical implantable device as needed.

In-hospital patients who have been referred to the Pain Clinic will be seen on their ward where a pain assessment will be performed. A treatment plan will then be discussed with you and your referring doctor.

Pain Conditions Treated At the Pain Clinic

  • Cancer Pain
  • Chronic back pain including post spinal surgery syndrome, failed back surgery syndrome, chronic lumbar radiculitis, facet pain, spinal stenosis, and sacroiliitis.
  • Chronic neck pain
  • Chronic abdominal and pelvic pain including chronic pancreatitis
  • Complex Regional Pain Syndromes (CRPS)
  • Chronic neuropathic pain disorders include post herpetic neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, diabetic neuralgia, HIV neuralgia and posttraumatic neuralgia including phantom limb pain and stump pain.
  • Chronic myofascial pain such as fibromyalgia.
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