Editor-in-Chief: Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD
Managing Editor: Bert Fellows, MA

Pain Physician is the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). The open access journal is published 6 times a year.

Pain Physician is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open access 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.

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Current issue highlights: (May 2025, Volume 28, Issue 3)

  1. Research Focus Involving and Trends in Artificial Intelligence for Spinal Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis
    Bibliometric Analysis
    Chaobo Feng, MD, Zhuoxi Zhou, MBBS, Yongen Miao, MBBS, Sheng Yang, MD, Guoxin Fan, MD, and Xiang Liao, MD.
  2. A Systematic Review of Self-Reported Pain Rating Scales for Children and Adolescents
    Systematic Review
    Joshua Calvano, DO, Reza Ehsanian, MD, PhD, Jordan A. Buttner, BS, Adi Balk, BS, Deborah Lai, BS, Matt McGillivray, BS, Todd Jaffe, MD, and Shuhan He, MD.
  3. A Comprehensive Review of Treatment Approaches to Ilioinguinal Neuralgia
    Narrative Review
    Anand S. Patil, DO, Mayank Gupta, MD, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Whitman Oehlermarx, DO, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Rany T. Abdallah, MD, PhD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Amol Soin, MD, and Alaa A. Abd-Elsayed, MD.
  4. Safety and Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma versus Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation in Knee Osteoarthritis: An Open-Label, Prospective, Randomized, Clinical Trial
    Randomized Clinical Trial
    Shahzad Anwar, MD, Swarnima Vardhan, MD, Abhinav Aggarwal, MD, Sulayman Waquar, PhD, Madhurima Vardhan, PhD, Gull A. Rukh Shoukat, MS, Sudhir A. Diwan, MD, and Annu Navani, MD.
  5. Could the Hanging Drop Technique Be an Alternative Method to Loss of Resistance in Cervical Epidural Injections?
    Randomized Trial
    Shahin Azizov, MD, Mehmet Okcu, MD, and Hamit Goksu, MD.
  6. Analysis of Factors Influencing Medical Treatment Outcomes in Herpes Zoster Patients
    Retrospective Study
    Wenqin Sun, MM, Zhejia Hu, MM, Lei Peng, BM, Huajing Guo, BM, Quan Zhou, MM, Daobo Pan, MM, Xuefeng Wu, BM, and Hao Wang, MD.
  7. Pain Management in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Central Sensitization as a Multispecialty Challenge
    Retrospective Observation
    Christopher File, BSA, Remi Nader, MD, Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos, PhD, Rowaid Ahmed, MD, Sean Pappolla, ., Fauwad Ahmed, MD, Ernesto G. Miranda-Morales, PhD, Yingxin Zhao, PhD, Xiang Fang, MD, PhD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and Miguel A. Pappolla, MD, PhD.
  8. Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Trigeminal Nerve Block With and Without Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation for Trigeminal Neuralgia
    Retrospective Study
    Ji H. Hong, MD, PhD, Seung W. Lee, MD, and Ji H. Park, MD, PhD.
  9. Epidural Lysis of Adhesions: What Every Interventional Pain Physician Needs to Know
    Expert Overview
    Standiford Helm II, MD, Carl Noe, MD, and Gabor B. Racz, MD.
  10. Comparison of Radiation Exposure Between Trident and Conventional Cannula in Genicular RF Procedures Under Fluoroscopy for Gonarthrosis
    Observational Study
    Ahmet Yilmaz, MD.