
Editor-in-Chief: Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Managing Editor: Bert Fellows, MA
Articles
- 2016;19;E1109-E1113Repeal and Replace of Affordable Care: A Complex, but Not an Impossible Task
Health Policy Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;521-535Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Systematic Review
Jesus Prego-Dominguez, MSc, Fatine Hadrya, PhD, and Bahi Takkouche, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;537-550Anterior Cingulotomy for the Treatment of Chronic Intractable Pain: A Systematic Review
Systematic Review
Justin Sharim, MD, and Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;551-563Can Unilateral Kyphoplasty Replace Bilateral Kyphoplasty in Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Systematic Review
Han Sun, MS, Pei-Pei Lu, MS, Yi-Jie Liu, MS, Xu Yang, MS, Ping-Hui Zhou, MD, Xiao-Feng Shen, MD, Si-Wei Sun, MS, and Huilin Yang, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;565-574Long-term Prednisolone in Post-stroke Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Randomized Controlled Trial
Jayantee Kalita, MD, DM, Usha Misra, MD, D, Ajit Kumar, MD, DM, and Sanjeev K. Bhoi, MD, DM.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;575-581Analgesic Effect of Nalbuphine When Added to Intravenous Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Control Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial
Mohamed Hassan Bakri, MD, Eman Ahmed Ismail, MD, and Sayed Kaoud Abd-Elshafy, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;583-591Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in the Management of Acute Postoperative Pain Syndrome after Caesarean Section: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Randomized Trial
Pierfrancesco Fusco, MD, Vincenza Cofini, MD, Emiliano Petrucci, MD, Paolo Scimia, MD, Tullio Pozone, MD, Giuseppe Paladini, MD, Gaspare Carta, MD, Stefano Necozione, MD, Battista Borghi, MD, and Franco Marinangeli, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;593-601Technical Strategies and Anatomic Considerations for an Extrapedicular Modified Inferior Endplate Access to Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Bodies
Technique
Douglas P. Beall, MD, Blake Parsons, MD, and Scott Burner, BS.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;603-615A New Radiofrequency Ablation Procedure to Treat Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Prospective Evaluation
Jianguo Cheng, MD, See Loong Chen, MD, Nicole Zimmerman, MS, Jarrod E. Dalton, PhD, Garret LaSalle, MD, and Richard Rosenquist, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;617-625A New Technique for the Treatment of Lumbar Facet Joint Syndrome Using Intra-articular Injection with Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma
Prospective Evaluation
Jiuping Wu, MSc, Zhenwu Du, MD, PhD, Yang Lv, MSc, Jun Zhang, MSc, Wei Xiong, MSc, Ruiqiang Wang, MSc, Rui Liu, MSc, Guizhen Zhang, MD, PhD, and Qinyi Liu, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1115-E1122Epidural Blood Patch for the Treatment of Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Orthostatic Headache
Retrospective Evaluation
Yun So, MD, Jung Min Park, MD, Pil-moo Lee, MD, Cho Long Kim, MD, Cheolhan Lee, PhD, and Jae Hun Kim, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1123-E1134Lower Learning Difficulty and Fluoroscopy Reduction of Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy with an Accurate Preoperative Location Method
Retrospective Evaluation
Guoxin Fan, MD, Xin Gu, MD, Yifan Liu, MD, Xinbo Wu, MD, Hailong Zhang, MD, Guangfei Gu, MD, Xiaofei Guan, MD, and Shisheng He, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1135-E1138Fluoroscopic Sacroiliac Joint Injection: Is Oblique Angulation Really Necessary?
Observational Study
Sandeep Khuba, MD, Anil Agarwal, MD, Sujeet Gautam, MD, and Sanjay Kumar, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1139-E1146The Safety of CT-Guided Epidural Steroid Injections in an Older Patient Cohort
Retrospective Review
Andrew J. Fenster, BS, Kevin Fernandes, BS, Alan L. Brook, MD, and Todd Miller, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1147-E1160Ganglion Cyst at the Proximal Tibiofibular Joint in a Patient with Painless Foot Drop
Literature Review
Abdulmuhsen Alsahhaf, MD, and Waleed Renno, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1161-E1166Long-term Follow-up Results of Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
Retrospective Evaluation
Sang Soo Eun, MD, Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD, and Luigi Andrew Sabal, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1167-E1172
A Longitudinal Cohort Investigation of the Development of Symptomatic Adjacent Level Compression Fractures Following Balloon-assisted Kyphoplasty in a Series of 726 Patients
Cohort Assessment
Christopher P. Deibert, MD, Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, MD, Erin E. Paschel, PA-C, and Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1173-E1179Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injections at High Doses Do Not Increase Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter on a Long-Term Basis
Prospective Evaluation
Hyunzu Kim, MD, Joo Hyeon O, MD, Sung-Jun Hong, MD, PhD, Keun Man Shin, MD, PhD, Jung-Chan Park, MD, and Sang Soo Kang, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1181-E1187Pulsed Compared to Thermal Radiofrequency to the Medial Calcaneal Nerve for Management of Chronic Refractory Plantar Fasciitis: A Prospective Comparative Study
Prospective Evaluation
Ayman M. Osman, MBBCh, MSc, MD, Dina H. El-Hammady, MBBCh, MSc, MD, and Mohamed M. Kotb, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1189-E1196Clinical Evaluation and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Intradiscal Methylene Blue Injection for the Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain
Retrospective Evaluation
XiaoJun Zhang, PhD, Jie Hao, PhD, Zhenming Hu, PhD, and HaiTao Yang, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1197-E1209Changes in Neuroglial Activity in Multiple Spinal Segments after Caudal Epidural Pulsed Radiofrequency in a Rat Model of Lumbar Disc Herniation
Experimental Trial
Hee Kyung Cho, MD, PhD, Jae Hoon Kang, MD, So-Yeon Kim, PhD, Mi-Jung Choi, MS, Se Jin Hwang, MD, PhD, Yun-Woo Cho, MD, PhD, and Sang-Ho Ahn, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1211-E1214Conus Medullaris Infarction After a Right L4 Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection Using Dexamethasone
Case Report
Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Michael Fakhry, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, and Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1215-E1220What’s Tramadol Got to Do with It? A Case Report of Rebound Hypoglycemia, a Reappraisal and Review of Potential Mechanisms
Case Report
Charles A. Odonkor, MD, and Akhil Chhatre, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1221-E1223Review of Controlled Substance Management in Chronic Pain: A Balanced Approach
Book Review
Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;E1225Regarding Elastopasty: A Silicon Polymer as a New Filling Material for Kyphoplasty in Comparison to PMMA
Letter to the Editor
Thijs Urlings, MD, and Edwin van der Linden, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;627In errata
Errata
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ABSTRACTPDF - 2016;19;629-6602016 Indices
Index
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