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  1. 2017;20;E1-E12Merit-Based Incentive Payment System: Meaningful Changes in the Final Rule Brings Cautious Optimism
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  2. 2017;20;E13-E28Does Percutaneous Vertebroplasty or Balloon Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures Increase the Incidence of New Vertebral Fractures? A Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Hui Zhang, MD, Caiyuan Xu, MD, Tongxing Zhang, MD, Zhongyu Gao, MD, PhD, and Tao Zhang, MD, PhD.
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  3. 2017;20;E29-E44Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Failed Back Surgery
    Systematic Review
    Jae Hwan Cho, MD, Jae Hyup Lee, MD, PhD, Kwang Sup Song, MD, PhD, Jae-Young Hong, MD, PhD, Yoon-Suk Joo, MD, Dong-Ho Lee, MD, PhD, Chang Ju Hwang, MD, and Choon Sung Lee, MD, PhD.
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  4. 2017;20;E45-E52Incidence of Spontaneous Resorption of Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Ming Zhong, MD, Jin-Tao Liu, MD, PhD, Hong Jiang, MD, PhD, Wen Mo, PhD, Peng-Fei Yu, MD, Xiao-Chun Li, MD, and Rui Rui Xue, MD.
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  5. 2017;20;E53-E63Effect of Concomitant Pain Medications on Response to Pregabalin in Patients with Postherpetic Neuralgia or Spinal Cord Injury-Related Neuropathic Pain
    Randomized Trial
    Stephan A. Schug, MD, Bruce Parsons, MD, PhD, Mary Almas, MS, and Ed Whalen, PhD.
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  6. 2017;20;E65-E73Reliability and Safety of Contra-Lateral Oblique View for Interlaminar Epidural Needle Placement
    Retrospective Review
    Richard Derby, MD, Irina Melnik, MD, Jongwoo Choi, MD, Sang-Hoon Lee, MD, PhD, and Jeong-Eun Lee, PT.
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  7. 2017;20;E75-E84Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Highly Migrated Lumbar Disc Herniation
    Retrospective Study
    Chao Liu, MD, Lei Chu, MD, Hao-Chuan Yong, MD, Liang Chen, MD, PhD, and Zhong-Liang Deng, MD, PhD.
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  8. 2017;20;E85-E98Modified Percutaneous Lumbar Foraminoplasty and Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy: Instrument Design, Technique Notes, and 5 Years Follow-up
    Cohort Assessment
    Zhen-zhou Li, MD, Shu-xun Hou, MD, Wei-lin Shang, MD, Ke-ran Song, MD, and Hong-liang Zhao, MD.
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  9. 2017;20;E99-E105Vitamin D Supplementation in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: An Open Label, Single Arm Clinical Trial
    Clinical Trial
    Babita Ghai, MD, DNB, Dipika Bansal, MD, DM, Raju Kanukula, MPharm, Kapil Gudala, PhD, Naresh Sachdeva, PhD, Saravdeep Singh Dhatt, MS, and Vishal Kumar, MS.
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  10. 2017;20;E107-E114Efficacy of Adjuvant 10% Hypertonic Saline in Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: A Retrospective Analysis
    Retrospective Study
    Eun Young Joo, MD, Won Uk Koh, MD, Seong-Soo Choi, MD, PhD, Jae-Hyung Choi, MD, Ho-Soo Ahn, MD, Hye Joo Yun, MD, and Jin-Woo Shin, MD, PhD.
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  11. 2017;20;E115-E125Neural Correlates of Maladaptive Pain Behavior in Chronic Neck Pain – A Single Case Control fMRI Study
    Case Control Study
    Konstantin Beinert, PhD, Audrey Mouthon, MSc, Martin Keller, PhD, Michael Mouthon, PhD, Jean-Marie Annoni, PhD, and Wolfgang Taube, PhD.
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  12. 2017;20;E127-E136Multidisciplinary Care of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations to Improve Symptomatic Headache and the Onset, Progression, and Outcomes of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
    Retrospective Study
    Ling-Feng Lai, MD, Min Chen, MD, Jia-Xiang Chen, MD, Kuang Zheng, MD, Xu-Ying He, MD, Xi-Feng Li, MD, Xin Zhang, MD, Jian Yin, MD, Qiu-Jing Wang, MD, Tuan-Ming Zou, PhD, and Chuan-Zhi Duan, MD.
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  13. 2017;20;E137-E143Anatomical Variants of the Pudendal Nerve Observed during a Transgluteal Surgical Approach in a Population of Patients with Pudendal Neuralgia
    Observational Study
    Stephane Ploteau, MD, Marie-Aimee Perrouin-Verbe, MD, Jean-Jacques Labat, MD, Thibault Riant, MD, Amelie Levesque, MD, and Roger Robert, MD.
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  14. 2017;20;E145-E149Endoscopic Spine Surgery: Distance Patients Will Travel for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
    Retrospective Review
    Albert E Telfeian, MD, PhD, Menno Iprenburg, MD, and Ralf Wagner, MD.
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  15. 2017;20;E151-E159Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Migraine: Results of a Long-Term Prospective Study
    Prospective Study
    Dolores Rodrigo, PhD, Pilar Acin, PhD, and Pedro Bermejo, PhD.
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  16. 2017;20;E161-E167Use of High-Concentration Capsaicin Patch for the Treatment of Pelvic Pain: Observational Study of 60 Inpatients
    Observational Study
    Amelie Levesque, MD, Thibault Riant, MD, Jean-Jacques Labat, MD, and Stephane Ploteau, MD.
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  17. 2017;20;E169-E175Optimal Angle of Contralateral Oblique View in Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injection Depending on the Needle Tip Position
    Retrospective Study
    Jun Young Park, MD, Myung-Hwan Karm, MD, Doo Hwan Kim, MD, Jae-Young Lee, MD, Hye-Joo Yun, MD, and Jeong Hun Suh, MD, PhD.
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  18. 2017;20;E177-E182High Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Case Report
    Case Report
    Joseph T. Crapanzano, MD, Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, PhD, Mark R. Jones, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Erich O. Richter, MD, and Mordeci N. Potash, MD.
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  19. 2017;20;E183-E193Evaluation of the Ototoxicity Potential of Once-Daily, Single-Entity Hydrocodone in Patients with Chronic Pain: Results of Two Phase-3 Clinical Studies
    Clinical Study
    Kathleen Campbell, PhD, J. Walter Kutz, Jr. , MD, Angela Shoup, PhD, Warren Wen, PhD, Shau Yu Lynch, PhD, Ellie He, PhD, and Steven R. Ripa, MD.
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  20. 2017;20;E195-E198Is Kratom the New ‘Legal High’ on the Block?: The Case of an Emerging Opioid Receptor Agonist with Substance Abuse Potential
    Case Report
    George C Chang-Chien, DO, Charles A. Odonkor, MD, and Prin Amorapanth, MD, PhD.
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  21. 2017;20;E199-E205A Case Report on Red Ear Syndrome with Tinnitus Successfully Treated with Transcranial Random Noise Stimulation
    Case Report
    Peter M Kreuzer, MD, Veronika Vielsmeier, MD, Timm B Poeppl, MD, and Berthold Langguth, MD.
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  22. 2017;20;E207Transarterial Embolization Followed by Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Treating Vertebral Metastases with Paravetebral Extension
    Letter to the Editor
    Zhenzhong Sun, MD, and Xuming Wei, MD.
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  23. 2017;20;E208Author’s Reply to the Letter to Editor, “Transarterial Embolization Followed by Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Treating Vertebral Metastases with Paravetebral Extension”
    Response
    Fu-An Wang, MD, and En-Hua Xiao, MD, PhD.
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