Articles

  1. 2013;16;177-184Refinement in Evidence Synthesis of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis
    Editorial
    Standiford Helm II, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, and Frank J.E. Falco, MD.
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  2. 2013;16;E125-E128Recommendations for Reducing Infection in the Practice of Implanting Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Drug Delivery Devices: A Physician’s Playbook
    Editorial
    Timothy R. Deer, MD, and David A. Provenzano, MD.
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  3. 2013;16;E129-E143Cost Utility Analysis of Caudal Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain, Central Spinal Stenosis, and Post Lumbar Surgery Syndrome
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank JE Falco, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Ramsin Benyamin, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  4. 2013;16;E145-E180Value-Based Interventional Pain Management: A Review of Medicare National and Local Coverage Determination Policies
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  5. 2013;16;185-196Percutaneous Epidural Lysis of Adhesions in Chronic Lumbar Radicular Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Ludger Gerdesmeyer, MD, PhD, Stefan Wagenpfeil, PhD, Christof Birkenmaier, MD, Andreas Veihelmann, MD, PhD, Matthias Hauschild, MD, Klaus Wagner, MD, PhD, Munjed Al Muderis, MD, Hans Gollwitzer, MD, PhD, Peter Diehl, MD, PhD, and Andreas Toepfer, MD.
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  6. 2013;16;197-211Transforaminal Hypertonic Saline for the Treatment of Lumbar Lateral Canal Stenosis: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Active-Control Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Won Uk Koh, MD, Seong Soo Choi, MD, PhD, Seung Yong Park, MD, Eun Young Joo, MD, Sung Hoon Kim, MD, Jae Do Lee, MD, Jae Young Shin, MD, Jeong Hun Suh, MD, PhD, Jeong Gil Leem, MD, PhD, and Jin-Woo Shin, MD, PhD.
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  7. 2013;16;213-224Effects of Transforaminal Balloon Treatment in Patients with Lumbar Foraminal Stenosis: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Sung Hoon Kim, MD, Woo-Jong Choi, MD, Jeong Hun Suh, MD, PhD, Sang-Ryong Jeon, MD, PhD, Chang Ju Hwang, MD, Won Uk Koh, MD, Chung Lee, MD, PhD, Jeong Gil Leem, MD, PhD, Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, and Jin-Woo Shin, MD, PhD.
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  8. 2013;16;225-229A Retrospective Evaluation of the Clinical Success of Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy with Foraminotomy in Geriatric Patients
    Retrospective Study
    Gabriele P Jasper, MD, Gina M Francisco, BSc, and Albert E Telfeian, MD, PhD.
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  9. 2013;16;231-249Intravenous Infusions in Chronic Pain Management
    Comprehensive Review
    Boleslav Kosharskyy, MD, Wilson Almonte, MD, Naum Shaparin, MD, Marco Pappagallo, MD, and Howard S. Smith, MD.
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  10. 2013;16;251-257Infectious Complications Related to Intrathecal Drug Delivery System and Spinal Cord Stimulator System Implantations at a Comprehensive Cancer Pain Center
    Retrospective Review
    Mitchell P Engle, MD, PhD, Baominh P Vinh, MD, Nusrat Harun, MS, and Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD.
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  11. 2013;16;259-264Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
    Prospective Study
    Guidal F Nakipoğlu-Yuzer, MD, Nermin Atci, MD, and Nese Ozgirgin, MD.
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  12. 2013;16;265-275The Impact of Psychological Factors on Outcomes for Spinal Cord Stimulation: An Analysis with Long-term Follow-up
    Retrospective Study
    Tilman Wolter, MD, Ingrid Fauler, MD, and Kristin Kieselbach, MD.
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  13. 2013;16;E181-E189Stimulation of the Greater Occipital Nerve: Anatomical Considerations and Clinical Implications
    Prospective Study
    Oliver M Mueller, MD, Vincent Hagel, MD, Karsten Wrede, MD, Marc Schlamann, MD, Hans-Peter Hohn, PhD, Ulrich Sure, MD, and Charly Gaul, MD.
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  14. 2013;16;E191-E198Anatomical Basis of Ulnar Approach in Carpal Tunnel Injection
    Observational Report
    Dong Hwee Kim, MD, PhD, Ji Eun Jang, MD, and Byung Kyu Park, PhD.
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  15. 2013;16;E199-E216Targeted Nanoparticles that Mimic Immune Cells in Pain Control Inducing Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Actions: A Potential Novel Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain Condition
    Experimental Trial
    Susan Hua, PhD, and Peter J Cabot, PhD.
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  16. 2013;16;E217-E226Pre-Emptive and Multi-Modal Perioperative Pain Management May Improve Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery
    Observational Study
    Byung Ho Lee, MD, Jin-Oh Park, MD, Kyung-Soo Suk, MD, Tae-Hwan Kim, MD, Hwan-Mo Lee, MD, Moon-Soo Park, MD, Seung-Hwan Lee, MD, Sangun Park, PhD, Ju-Yeon Lee, MA, Su-Kyoung Ko, MA, and Seong-Hwan Moon, MD.
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  17. 2013;16;E227-E235The Role of Hydromorphone and OPRM1 in Postoperative Pain Relief with Hydrocodone
    Prospective Evaluation
    Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, M Elaine Stauble, MD, Gary E Loyd, MD, Loralie Langman, PhD, Bronwyn Ramey-Hartung, PhD, Richard N Baumgartner, PhD, William W Tucker, BS, and Saeed A Jortani, PhD.
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  18. 2013;16;E237-E246Tapentadol Immediate Release Versus Oxycodone Immediate Release for Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain
    Randomized Trial
    David Biondi, DO, Jim Xiang, PhD, Carmela Benson, MS, Mila S. Etropolski, MD, Bruce Moskovitz, MD, and Christine Rauschkolb, MD, PhD.
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  19. 2013;16;E247-E256High-Dose Daily Opioid Administration and Poor Functional Status Intensify Local Anesthetic Injection Pain in Cancer Patients
    Prospective Study
    Shin Hyung Kim, MD, Duck Mi Yoon, MD, PhD, Kwan Woong Choi, MD, and Kyung Bong Yoon, MD, PhD.
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  20. 2013;16;E257-E266Pupillometry: The Influence of Gender and Anxiety on the Pain Response
    Prospective Study
    Adriana L Bertrand, MSc, Joao Batista S. Garcia, MD, PhD, Erica B Viera, MSC, Alcione M Santos, PhD, and Romero H Bertrand, MSc.
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  21. 2013;16;E267-E275Animal Models of Disc Degeneration and Major Genetic Strategies
    Basic Science Report
    Fu Sun, MD, Ji-Ning Qu, MD, and Yin-Gang Zhang, MD, PhD.
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  22. 2013;16;E277-E285Autonomic Response to Pain in Patients with Chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders
    Case Control Study
    Margot De Kooning, MSc, Liesbeth Daenen, PhD, Patrick Cras, MD, PhD, Yori Gidron, PhD, Nathalie Roussel, PhD, and Jo Nijs, PhD.
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  23. 2013;16;E287-E293Common Anatomical Variation in Patients with Idiopathic Meralgia Paresthetica: A High Resolution Ultrasound Case-Control Study
    Case Control Study
    Thomas Moritz, MD, Helmut Prosch, MD, Dominik Berzaczy, MD, Wolfgang Happak, MD, Doris Lieba-Samal, MD, Maria Bernathova, MD, Eduard Auff, MD, Prof, and Gerd Bodner, MD.
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  24. 2013;16;E295-E300Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in a Patient with a Spinal Cord Stimulator
    Case Report
    Thomas T. Simopoulos, MD, and Jatinder S Gill, MD.
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  25. 2013;16;E301-E310Needle Placement for Piriformis Injection Using 3-D Imaging
    Case Report
    Steven R Clendenen, MD, Shawn A Candler, MD, Michael D Osborne, MD, Scott C Palmer, MD, Stephanie Duench, PhD, Laura Glynn, MSc, MRT, and Salim M Ghazi, MD.
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  26. 2013;16;E311-E314Using Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Pain Associated with a Tumor Involving the Brachial Plexus
    Case Report
    Humair Rana, MD, and Gerald Matchett, MD.
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  27. 2013;16;E315-E324Infrapatellar Saphenous Neuralgia – Diagnosis and Treatment
    Case Report
    Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Michael N Brown, MD, and Helen W Karl, MD.
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  28. 2013;16;E325-E330Transversus Abdominis Plane Neurolysis with Phenol in Abdominal Wall Cancer Pain Palliation
    Case Report
    Rodolfo Gebhardt, MD, and Kenneth Wu, MD.
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