Articles
- 2013;16;415-417Physician Response to Medtronic’s Position on the Use of Off-label Medications in the Synchromed Pump
Position Statement
Ali Rezai, MD, David S. Kloth, MD, Hans Hansen, MD, David M. Schultz, MD, Simon Thompson, MBBS, and Timothy R. Deer, MD.
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- 2013;16;419-440Recommendations of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) on the Health Care Delivery System: The Impact on Interventional Pain Management in 2014 and Beyond
Health Policy Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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- 2013;16;441-445Vertebral Augmentation Versus Conservative Therapy for Emergently Admitted Vertebral Compression Deformities: An Economic Analysis
Economic Analysis
Jonathan Flug, MD, Ann Hanford, MA, RN, and Orlando Ortiz, MD.
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- 2013;16;447-453Unilateral Versus Bilateral Balloon Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Systematic Review
Jun Lin, MD, PhD, Lei Zhang, MD, and Huilin Yang, MD.
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- 2013;16;455-464Comparing Pain Reduction Following Vertebroplasty and Conservative Treatment for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
Jin-Tao Liu, MD, PhD, Xiao-Feng Li, MD, PhD, De-Zhi Tang, MD, PhD, Xuejun Cui, MD, PhD, Xiachun Li, MD, Min Yao, MD, Penfei Yu, MD, Xiang Qian, MD, Yongjun Wang, MD, PhD, and Hong Jiang, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E483-E490Vertebroplasty Augmentation Procedures: Examining the Controversy
Literature Review
Arif Hussain, DO, and Michael Erdek, MD.
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- 2013;16;465-478A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active Control Trial of Fluoroscopic Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injections in Chronic Pain of Cervical Disc Herniation: Results of a 2-Year Follow-Up
Randomized Trial
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Yogesh Malla, MD.
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- 2013;16;479-488Indications for Repeat Diagnostic Medial Branch Nerve Blocks Following a Failed First Medial Branch Nerve Block
Diagnostic Evaluation
Richard Derby, MD, Irina Melnik, MD, Jongwoo Choi, MD, and Jeong-Eun Lee, PT.
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- 2013;16;489-496Evaluation of Interaction between a Spinal Cord Stimulator and Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator in a Swine Model
Animal Experiment
Gassan M Chaiban, MD, Jennifer Cummings, MD, Mohammed Almualim, MD, and Joseph Atallah, MD.
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- 2013;16;497-511Concordant Pressure Paresthesia During Interlaminar Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections Correlates with Pain Relief in Patients with Unilateral Radicular Pain
Randomized Trial
Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Maunak V. Rana, MD, Ruben Sauer, MD, Lalida Chupatanakul, MD, Antony Tharian, MD, Vladimir Vasic, PhD, and Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E491-E504A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Controlled Trial of Fluoroscopic Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injections in Chronic Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain: Results of 2-Year Follow-Up
Randomized Trial
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Carla D. McManus, RN, BSN, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, and Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD.
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- 2013;16;E505-E512Comparison of Balloon Kyphoplasty with the New Kiva® VCF System for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures
Review
Lucia A Otten, , Rahel Bornemann, , Tom R Jansen, , Koursh Kabir, MD, Peter H Pennekamp, MD, Dieter C Wirtz, MD, Brit Stuwe, , and Robert Pflugmacher, MD.
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- 2013;16;E513-E518Comparison Between Radiofrequency Targeted Vertebral Augmentation and Balloon Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures: Addressing Factors that Affect Cement Extravasation and Distribution
Retrospective Study
Bassem A. Georgy, MD.
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- 2013;16;E519-E530Criteria for the Appropriate Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Retrospective Study
Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti, MD, Jason Bernard, FRCS, Thomas Blattert, MD, Charles Court, MD, Daniel Fagan, FRCS, Hendrik Fransen, MD, Patrick Fransen, MD, Tarun Sabharwal, FRCR, Frederic Schils, MD, Rupert Schupfner, MD, Mashood Ali Siddiqi, MD, Herman Stoevelaar, MSc, PhD, and Christian Kasperk, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E531-E536Evaluation of Prognostic Predictors of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis Using a Racz Catheter for Post Lumbar Surgery Syndrome or Spinal Stenosis
Retrospective Evaluation
Eunjoo Choi, MD, Francis Sahngun Nahm, MD, and Pyung-Bok Lee, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E537-E545Ultrasound-Guided Trigeminal Nerve Block via the Pterygopalatine Fossa: An Effective Treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Atypical Facial Pain
Prospective Case Series
Antoun Nader, MD, Mark C Kendall, MD, Gildasio S DeOliveria, MD, Jeffry Q Chen, MD, Brooke Vanderby, MD, Joshua M Rosenow, MD, and Bernard R Bendok, MD.
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- 2013;16;513-520Clinical and Radiological Characteristics of Concomitant Peripheral Arterial Obstructive Disease in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Cohort Assessment
Seung-Hwan Han, MD, PhD, Chang-Hoon Jeon, MD, PhD, Doo-Hyung Lee, MD, Ho-Sik Choo, MD, and Nam-Su Chung, MD.
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- 2013;16;E547-E552Combinations of Low-Dose Antidepressants and Low-Dose Pregabalin as Useful Adjuvants to Opioids for Intractable, Painful Bone Metastases
Randomized Trial
Makota Nishihara, MD, Young-Chang P Arai, MD, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, MD, Kikuyo Nishida, MD, Maki Arakawa, MD, Takahiro Ushida, MD, and Masahiko Ikeuchi, MD.
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- 2013;16;E553-E562Dual Reuptake Inhibitor Milnacipran and Spinal Pain Pathways in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Randomized Trial
Alain Matthey, MD, Christine Cedraschi, PhD, Valerie Piguet, MD, Marie Besson, MD, Jocelyne Chabert, PhD, Youssef Daali, PhD, Delphine Courvoisier, PhD, Agnes Montagne, MD, Pierre Dayer, MD, and Jules A Desmeules, MD.
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- 2013;16;E563-E575Magnesium L-threonate Prevents and Restores Memory Deficits Associated with Neuropathic Pain by Inhibition of TNF-a
Experimental Trial
Jun Wang, PHD, Yong Liu, PhD, Li-Jun Zhou, PhD, Ying Wu, PhD, Fei Li, , Ka-Feng Shen, PhD, Rui-Ping Pang, PhD, Xu-Hong Wei, PhD, Yong-Yong Li, , and Xian-Guo Liu, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E577-E589Chronic Constriction Injury Induced Long-Term Changes in Spontaneous Membrane-Potential Oscillations in Anterior Cingulate Cortical Neurons in Vivo
Experimental Trial
Li Ning, MD, Li-Qing Ma, MD, Zhi-Ru Wang, PhD, and Ying-Wei Wang, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E591-E600Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Val158Met Polymorphism is Associated with Pain and Disability, but not Widespread Pressure Pain Sensitivity, in Women with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Case Control Study
Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas, PT, PhD, Silvia Ambite-Quesada, PT, MSc, Ricardo Ortega-Santiago, PT, MSc, Almudena Martinez-Perez, MD, Homid Fahandezh-Saddi Diaz, MD, Javier Martinez-Martin, MD, and Juan A Parejam, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E601-E613Pulsed Radiofrequency Modulates Pain Regulatory Gene Expression Along the Nociceptive Pathway
Randomized Controlled Trial
Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD, Dana M Tilley, MS, Joe Williams, PhD, Samantha Labak, BS, Luis Aliaga, MD, and Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD.
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- 2013;16;E615-E625Intrathecal Lentivirus-mediated Transfer of Interleukin-10 Attenuates Chronic Constriction Injury-induced Neuropathic Pain through Modulation of Spinal High-mobility Group Box 1 in Rats
Randomized Controlled Trial
Zhenghua He, MD, Qulian Guo, MD, Muzhang Xiao, MD, Chunli He, MD, and Wangyuan Zou, MD, PhD.
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- 2013;16;E627-E630False Positive Radiographical Evidence of Pump Catheter Migration into the Spinal Cord
Case Report
Simon Dardashti, MD, Eric Y Chang, MD, Robert B Kim, MD, Kais I Alsharif, MD, Justin T Hata, MD, and Danielle M Perret, MD.
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- 2013;16;E631-E631Using Pulsed Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Pain Associated with a Tumor Involving the Brachial Plexus: A Molecular Mechanism
Letter to the Editor
Hamid Namazi, MD.
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- 2013;16;E632-E633Serotonin Syndrome with Perioperative Oxycodone and Pregabalin
Letter to the Editor
Ho-kyung Song, MD, PhD.
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