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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: (May/June 2009, Volume 12, Issue 3 )

  1 Botulinum Toxins for Analgesia
Editorial
Howard S. Smith, MD
  2 Whence Tendance? Accepting the Responsibility of Care for the Chronic Pain Patient
Editorial
Megan McGrew, DO, and James Giordano, PhD.
  3 Physician Impairment: Is Recovery Feasible?
Ethics
Adam J. Carinci, MD, and Paul J. Christo, MD.
  4 The Marginalization of Chronic Pain Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy
Ethics
John F. Peppin, DO
  5 Ethics, Law, and Pain Management as a Patient Right
Ethics
John K. Hall, MD, and Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD.
  6 The Influence of Prescription Monitoring Programs on Chronic Pain Management
Controlled Substances
Jing Wang, MD, PhD, and Paul J. Christo, MD.
  7 Evidence-Based Medicine, Systematic Reviews, and Guidelines in Interventional Pain Management: Part 5. Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
Evidence-Based Medicine
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Richard Derby, MD, Lee R. Wolfer, MD, MS, Vijay Singh, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  8 Systematic Review of Lumbar Discography as a Diagnostic Test for Chronic Low Back Pain
Systematic Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Scott E. Glaser, MD, Lee R. Wolfer, MD, MS, Richard Derby, MD, and Steven P. Cohen, MD.
  9 A Systematic Review of Mechanical Lumbar Disc Decompression with Nucleoplasty
Systematic Review
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Richard Derby, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Standiford Helm, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  10 Percutaneous Lumbar Laser Disc Decompression: A Systematic Review of Current Evidence
Systematic Review
Vijay Singh, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Standiford Helm, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
  11 Systematic Review of Percutaneous Lumbar Mechanical Disc Decompression Utilizing Dekompressor®
Systematic Review
Vijay Singh, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Standiford Helm, MD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD.
  12 Automated Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy for the Contained Herniated Lumbar Disc: A Systematic Assessment of Evidence
Systematic Review
Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Frank J.E. Falco, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, and Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD.
  13 Greater Occipital Nerve Stimulation via the Bion Microstimulator: Implantation Technique and Stimulation Parameters. Clinical Trial: NCT00205894
Case Reports
Terrence L. Trentman, MD, David M. Rosenfeld, MD, Bert B. Vargas, MD, Todd J. Schwedt,, MD, Richard S. Zimmerman, MD, and David W. Dodick, MD.
  14 Serial Stellate Ganglion Blocks for Intractable Postherpetic Itching in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report
Case Report
Ryan C. Peterson, MD, Lisa Patel, MD, Kenneth Cubert, MD, and Amitabh Gulati, MD.
  15 Successful Treatment of Refractory Pudendal Neuralgia with Pulsed Radiofrequency
Case Report
Ellen E. Rhame, MD, Kenneth A. Levey, MD, and Christopher G. Gharibo, MD.
  16 Allogeneic Epidural Blood Patch in the Setting of Persistent Spinal Headache and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis
Case Report
Terrence L. Trentman, MD, Joseph M. Hoxworth, MD, Shimon Kusne, MD, A. Sergio Torloni, MD, Naresh P. Patel, MD, and David M. Rosenfeld, MD.
  17 Redo Kyphoplasty with Vertebroplasty Technique: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Case Report
Michael E. Frey, MD
  18 Vertebroplasty of the First Sacral Vertebra
Focused Review
Andres Betts, MD
  19 The Role of the Internet in Doctor Performance Rating
Practice Management
Jeffrey Segal, MD