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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

Current issue highlights: (January 2010, Volume 13, Issue 1)

  1 Peri-Venous Counter Spread - Be Prepared
Editorial
Howard S. Smith, MD, Gabor B. Racz, MD, and James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD.
  2 Protocol for Accuracy of Point of Care (POC) or In-Office Urine Drug Testing (Immunoassay) in Chronic Pain Patients: A Prospective Analysis of Immunoassay and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectometry (LC/MS/MS)
Diagnostic Accuracy Study Protocol
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Yogesh Malla, MD, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, Kimberly A. Cash, RT, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Kim S. Damron, RN, Carla D. McManus, RN, BSN, and Doris E. Brandon, CST.
  3 Facts, Fallacies, and Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Part I. Basic Considerations
Health Policy Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  4 Facts, Fallacies, and Politics of Comparative Effectiveness Research: Part 2 - Implications for Interventional Pain Management
Health Policy Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  5 Radiation Exposure in Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation Mapping: A Preliminary Report
Observational Study
Kevin L. Wininger, BS, RT, RKT, Kedar K. Deshpande, MD, and Keshav K. Deshpande, BS.
  6 Novel Use of Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Infusion for Sedation During Spinal Cord Stimulator Lead Placement via Surgical Laminectomy
Case Report
Michael E. Harned, MD, Robert D. Owen, MD, Pieter G. Steyn, MD, and Kevin W. Hatton, MD.
  7 Considerations and Methodology for Trialing Ziconotide
Focused Review
Allen W. Burton, MD, Timothy R. Deer, MD, Mark S. Wallace, MD, Richard L. Rauck, MD, and Eric Grigsby, MD.
  8 New Image-Guided Ultra-Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Method: The mild® Procedure
Observational Study
Timothy R. Deer, MD, and Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD.
  9 The Efficacy of Two Electrodes Radiofrequency Technique: Comparison Study Using a Cadaveric Interspinous Ligament and Temperature Measurement Using Egg White
Cadaveric Study
Chang-Hyung Lee, MD, PhD, Richard Derby, MD, Hyun-Seok Choi, , Sang-Heon Lee, MD, PhD, Se Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, and Yoon Kyu Kang, MD, PhD.
  10 C-arm Fluoroscopic Cone Beam CT for Guidance of Minimally Invasive Spine Interventions
Case Reports
Michael F. Powell, MD, Diane DiNobile, NP, and Arra S. Reddy, MD.
  11 Dose Conversion Between Tapentadol Immediate and Extended Release for Low Back Pain
Randomized Trial
Mila S. Etropolski, MD, Akiko Okamoto, ScD, Douglas Y. Shapiro, MD, PhD, and Christine Rauschkolb, MD, PhD.
  12 Comparison of Clonazepam Compliance by Measurement of Urinary Concentration by Immunoassay and LC-MS/MS in Pain Management Population
Diagnostic Accuracy Study
Robert West, MS, Amadeo Pesce, PhD, Cameron West, PhD, Bridgit Crews, PhD, Charles Mikel, PhD, Perla Almazan, MT, Murray Rosenthal, DO, and Sergey Latyshev, MS.
  13 The Role of Genomic Oxidative-Reductive Balance as Predictor of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Development: A Novel Theory
Back to Basics
Howard S. Smith, MD