Articles

  1. 2013;16;E1-E13A Prospective Evaluation of Psychotherapeutic and Illicit Drug Use in Patients Presenting with Chronic Pain at the Time of Initial Evaluation
    Prospective Evaluation
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Yogesh Malla, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, and Bert Fellows, MA.
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  2. 2013;16;E15-E23Repeated Onabotulinumtoxin-A Injections Provide Better Results than Single Injection in Treatment of Painful Bladder Syndrome
    Prospective Study
    Hann-Chorng Kuo, MD.
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  3. 2013;16;E25-E30Cigarette Smokers Have Reduced Risk for Post-Dural Puncture Headache
    Retrospective Review
    Heather S Dodge, BA, Nosakhare N Ekhator, MS, Lena Jefferson-Wilson, MD, Mark Fischer, BA, Ian Jansen, BA, Paul S. Horn, PhD, William E. Hurford, MD, and Thomas D. Geracioti, MD.
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  4. 2013;16;E31-E35Endoscopic Transforaminal Discectomy for an Extruded Lumbar Disc Herniation
    Case Report
    Gabriele P Jasper, MD, Gina M Francisco, BSc, and Albert E Telfeian, MD, PhD.
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  5. 2013;16;1-8Cooled Sacroiliac Radiofrequency Denervation for the Treatment of Pain Secondary to Tumor Infiltration: A Case-Based Focused Literature Review
    Case Report
    Chitra Ramasubba, MD, and Steven P. Cohen, MD.
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  6. 2013;16;9-14Prevalence and Influence of Diagnostic Criteria in the Assessment of Hypogonadism in Intrathecal Opioid Therapy Patients
    Prospective Study
    Rui V. Duarte, PhD, Jon H. Raphael, MD, Mourad Labib, FRCPath, Jane L. Southall, RGN, and Robert L. Ashford, PhD.
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  7. 2013;16;15-25Efficacy of Pulsed Radiofrequency in the Treatment of Thoracic Postherpetic Neuralgia from the Angulus Costae: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Controlled Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Ma Ke, PhD, Fan Yinghui, MS, Jin Yi, PhD, Huang Xeuhua, MS, Liu Xiaoming, PhD, Cheng Zhijun, MS, Huang Chao, MS, and Wang Yingwei, MD, PhD.
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  8. 2013;16;27-40Efficacy of Tapentadol ER for Managing Moderate to Severe Chronic Pain
    Clinical Trials Study
    Marc Afilalo, MD, and Bart Morlion, MD, PhD.
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  9. 2013;16;41-44Tramadol Induced Paradoxical Hyperalgesia
    Case Reports
    Seong Heon Lee, MD, Soo Young Cho, MD, Hyung Gon Lee, MD, PhD, Jeong II Choi, MD, PhD, Myung Ha Yoon, MD, PhD, and Woong Mo Kim, MD, PhD.
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  10. 2013;16;45-56Influence of CYP2D6 Activity on Pre-emptive Analgesia by the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Antagonist Dextromethorphan in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Acute Pain
    Randomized Trial
    Georg B Ehret, MD, Youssef Daali, PhD, Jocelyne Chabert, PhD, Michela Rebsamen, PhD, Adriana Wolff, MD, Alain Forster, MD, Fouzia Moursli, MD, Daniel Fritschy, MD, Michel F Rossier, PhD, Valerie Piguet, MD, Pierre Dayer, MD, Marianne Gex-Fabry, PhD, and Jules A Desmeules, MD.
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  11. 2013;16;57-64Proximal Ischemia is a Frequent Cause of Exercise-Induced Pain in Patients with a Normal Ankle to Brachial Index at Rest
    Retrospective Cohort Study
    Marie Gernigon, BSc, Johann Marchand, MD, Nafi Ouedraogo, MD, Georges Leftheriotis, MD, PhD, Jean M Piquet, MD, PhD, and Pierre Abraham, MD, PhD.
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  12. 2013;16;65-76A Negative Correlation Between Hyperalgesia and Analgesia in Patients with Chronic Radicular Pain: Is Hydromorphone Therapy a Double-Edged Sword?
    Prospective Evaluation
    Erica Suzan, MSc, Elon Eisenberg, MD, Roi Treister, PhD, May Haddad, MSc, and Dorit Pud, PhD.
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  13. 2013;16;77-88Opioids and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults with Non-Cancer Pain
    Case Control Study
    Lin Li, MD, PhD, Soko Setoguchi, MD, DrPH, Howard Cabral, PhD, and Susan Jick, DSc.
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  14. 2013;16;89-100Doctor Shopping Reveals Geographical Variations in Opioid Abuse
    Epidemiologic Assessment
    Sandra Nordmann, MSc, Vincent Pradel, MD, PhD, Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre, MD, PhD, Elisabeth Frauger, PharmD, PhD, Vanessa Pauly, PhD, Xavier Thirion, MD, PhD, Michel Mallaret, PhD, Emilie Jouanjus, PharmD, and Joelle Micallef, MD, PhD.
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  15. 2013;16;E37-E43Effectiveness of Percutaneous Transforaminal Adhesiolysis in Patients with Lumbar Neuroforaminal Spinal Stenosis
    Prospective Evaluation
    Chan Hong Park, MD, PhD, and Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD.
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  16. 2013;16;E45-E46A Systematic Review of RCTs with Nucleoplasty - An Update
    Letter to the Editor
    Volker Konig, PhD, Philipp Maximilian Eichen, MD, Nils Achilles, MD, and Ralph Mosges, MD, PhD.
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  17. 2013;16;E47-E49Possible Mechanism of Spinal T9 Stimulation-Induced Acute Renal Failure: A Virally MediatedTranssynaptic Tracing Study in Transgenic Mouse Model
    Letter to the Editor
    Hong-bing Xiang, MD, PhD, Cheng Liu, MD, Da-wei Ye, MD, PhD, and Wen-Zhen Zhu, Md, PhD.
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  18. 2013;16;E50Percutaneous Osteoplasty for the Treatment of a Painful Osteochondral Lesion of the Talus: How to Prevent Hydroxyapatite Bone Cement Leakage
    Letter to the Editor
    Heng Wang, MD, Weimin Jiang, PhD, and Huilin Yang, MD.
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