Editor-in-Chief: Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Managing Editor: Bert Fellows, MA
Articles
- 2020;23;439-450Utilization Patterns of Sacroiliac Joint Injections from 2000 to 2018 in Fee-for-Service Medicare Population
Health Policy Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, ., Rachana Vanaparthy, MBBS, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, and Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E429-E440A Burden and Prevalence Analysis of Chronic Pain by Distinct Case Definitions among Active Duty U.S. Military Service Members, 2018
Cross-Sectional Analysis
Hunter Jackson Smith, MD, Stephen B. Taubman, PhD, and Leslie L. Clark, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - Pain Physician 2020;23;451-460Comparison of Spinal Cord Stimulation Waveforms for Treating Chronic Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Jay Karri, MD, Vwaire Orhurhu, MD, Sayed Wahezi, MD, Tuan Tang, MD, Timothy Deer, MD, and Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;461-476Efficacy of Manual Therapy on Pain, Impact of Disease, and Quality of Life in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review
Systematic Review
Nina B. Schulze, MSc, Marianna de Melo Salemi, MSc, Geisa G. de Alencar, PhD, Marcela C. Moreira, PhD, and Gisela R. de Siqueira, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;477-484Efficacy of Intradiscal Ozone Therapy with or without Periforaminal Steroid Injection on Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Double-Blinded Controlled Study
Randomized Trial
Tulay Ercalik, MD, and Mustafa Kilic, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;485-493The Analgesic Efficacy of Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Block Combined with Pectoral Nerve Block in Modified Radical Mastectomy: A Prospective Randomized Trial
Randomized Trial
Mohamed M. Abu Elyazed, MD, Mohamed S. Abdelghany, MD, and Shaimaa F. Mostafa, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;495-506The Efficacy of Scrambler Therapy for the Management of Head, Neck and Thoracic Cancer Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized Trial
Komal Kashyap, PhD, Vishwajeet Singh, MSc, PhD, Seema Mishra, MD, Sada Nand Dwivedi, PhD, and Sushma Bhatnagar, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;507-518Ashi Acupuncture Versus Local Anesthetic Trigger Point Injections in the Treatment of Abdominal Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Randomized Trial
Andreia Moreira de Souza Mitidieri, Pht, PhD, Maria Carolina Dalla Vecchia Baltazar, Pht, Ana Paula Moreira da Silva, Pht, PhD, Maria Beatriz Ferreira Gurian, Pht, PhD, Omero Benedicto Poli-Neto, MD, PhD, Francisco Jose Candido-dos-Reis, MD, PhD, Antonio Alberto Nogueira, MD, PhD, and Julio Cesar Rosa-e-Silva, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;519-530Low Back Pain and Diagnostic Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks: Assessment of Prevalence, False-Positive Rates, and a Philosophical Paradigm Shift from an Acute to a Chronic Pain Model
Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Amol Soin, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E441-E450Opioid Reduction and Long-Term Outcomes in Abdominal Myofascial Pain Syndrome (AMPS): A 6-Year Longitudinal Prospective Audit of 207 Patients
Prospective Review
G Niraj, MD, and Sachin Alva, FRCA.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E451-E460Interventional Pain Management for Cancer Pain: An Analysis of Outcomes and Predictors of Clinical Response
Retrospective Assessment
Uri Hochberg, MD, Amir Minerbi, MD, PhD, Louis-Martin Boucher, MD, PhD, and Jordi Perez, MD, PhD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E461-E474Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Shoulder Pain: Anatomic Review and Assessment of the Current Clinical Evidence
Clinical Review
Anthony Mazzola, MD, and David Spinner, DO.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E475-E486Translaminar Osseous Channel–Assisted Full-Endoscopic Flavectomy Decompression of Thoracic Myelopathy Caused by Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum: Surgical Technique and Results
Retrospective Study
Zhijun Xin, MD, Wei-Jun Kong, MD, Menghan Cai, MS, Qian Du, MD, Lei Liu, MS, Jialin He, MS, Jianpu Qin, MS, Ansu Wang, MS, Jun Ao, MD, and Wen-Bo Liao, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E487-E496Computed Tomography–Guided Percutaneous Coblation of the Thoracic Nerve Root for Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia
Prospective Evaluation
Chao Luo, MD, Bei Yang, MD, Li-Qiang Yang, MD, Bai-Shan Wu, MD, Xiao-Ping Wang, MD, Liang-Liang He, MD, Rui Zhao, MD, Jia-Xiang Ni, MD, and Yuan-zhang Tang, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E497-E506A Pilot Study of Full-Endoscopic Annulus Fibrosus Suture Following Lumbar Discectomy: Technique Notes and One-Year Follow-Up
Pilot Study
Zhen-zhou Li, MD, Zeng Cao, MD, Hong-liang Zhao, MD, Wei-lin Shang, MD, and Shu-xun Hou, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E507-E516Two-Needle Technique for Lumbar Radiofrequency Medial Branch Denervation: A Technical Note
Technical Note
Kenneth B. Chapman, MD, Frank Schirripa, DO, Thomas Oud, BS, Pauline S. Groenen, BS, Ryan R. Ramsook, MD, and Noud van Helmond, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E517-E524Observational Study to Evaluate the Effect of Epidural Steroid Injection on Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover Markers
Prospective Study
Anshul Jain, MD, Paras Gupta, MS, Rachna Chaurasia, MD, Mayank Singh, MD, and Shivali Pandey, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E525-E534Interventional Management of Refractory Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain: A Prospective Audit of a Novel Management Pathway in 70 Patients
Prospective Audit
G Niraj, MD, Lynnette Simpson, DClinPsy, and Bhavesh Raithatha, FRCA.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E535-E540Intradiscal Pulsed Radiofrequency Application Duration Effect on Lumbar Discogenic Low Back Pain
Retrospective Study
Chan Hong Park, MD, PhD, Sang Ho Lee, MD, and Pyng Bok Lee, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E541-E5488% Capsaicin Patch in Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
Observational Report
Decia Goncalves, MD, Virginia Rebelo, MD, Paula Barbosa, MD, and Armanda Gomes, MD.
ABSTRACTPDF - 2020;23;E549-E558High-Voltage Intraarticular Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Knee Pain Treatment: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Retrospective Review
Tao Hong, MM, Shimeng Wang, BS, Yuanyuan Ding, PhD, Guangxiao Li, PhD, Zhenkai Han, MM, and Peng Yao, PhD.
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