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Pain Physician is a bi-monthly journal, the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP).

Pain Physician is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine.

Pain Physician
presents the latest studies, research, and information vital to those in the emerging specialty of interventional pain management – and critical to the people they serve.
Editor-in-Chief:
Howard S. Smith. MD

Managing Editor - Bert Fellows, MA
editor@painphysicianjournal.com

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Current issue highlights: (May 2013, Volume 16, Issue 3)

  1 Refinement in Evidence Synthesis of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis
Editorial
Standiford Helm II, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, and Frank J.E. Falco, MD.
  2 Recommendations 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.
  3 Cost 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 J.E. Falco, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  4 Value-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.
  5 Percutaneous 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.
  6 Transforaminal 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.
  7 Effects 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.
  8 A 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.
  9 Intravenous Infusions in Chronic Pain Management
Comprehensive Review
Boleslav Kosharskyy, MD, Wilson Almonte, MD, Naum Shaparin, MD, Marco Pappagallo, MD, and Howard S. Smith, MD.
  10 Infectious 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.
  11 Neuropathic Pain in Spinal Cord Injury
Prospective Study
Guidal F Nakipoğlu-Yuzer, MD, Nermin Atci, MD, and Nese Ozgirgin, MD.
  12 The 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.
  13 Stimulation 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.
  14 Anatomical Basis of Ulnar Approach in Carpal Tunnel Injection
Observational Report
Dong Hwee Kim, MD, PhD, Ji Eun Jang, MD, and Byung Kyu Park, PhD.
  15 Targeted 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.
  16 Pre-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.