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


Articles

  1. 2025;28;359-376Escalating Growth of Spending on Medicare Advantage Plans: Save Medicare from Insolvency and Balance the Budget
    Health Policy Perspective
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Paul J. Hubbell, III, MD, Ann Conn, MD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, and Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD.
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  2. 2025;28;377-396Physician Payment Reform in Interventional Pain Management: Balancing Cost, Quality, Access, and Survival of Independent Practices
    Health Policy Perspective
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Paul J. Hubbell, III, MD, Ann Conn, MD, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Miles Day, MD, Devi Nampiaparampil, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  3. 2025;28;397-416The Past, Present, and Future of the Biopsychosocial Approach to Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain in Research and Clinical Practice Based on a Bibliometric Analysis
    Bibliometric Analysis
    Aybuke Fanuscu, PT, Iris Meuwissen, PT, and Mira Meeus, PT, PhD.
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  4. 2025;28;E467-E479BMJ Publications on Interventional Techniques Do Not Meet Appropriateness Criteria of Conducting a Rapid Review: A Comprehensive Review
    Health Policy Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Allen Dennis, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  5. 2025;28;E481-E507Effectiveness of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in Managing Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
    Systematic Review
    Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Massab Bashir Khaira, MS, Amol Soin, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Vivekanand A. Manocha, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD.
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  6. 2025;28;E509-E523Optimizing Pain Relief in Refractory Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Injections
    Literature Review
    Helen Gharaei, MD, and Negin Gholampoor, MBChB.
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  7. 2025;28;417-429A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial of High-Frequency Electromagnetic Coupling Powered Permanent Peripheral Nerve Stimulator for the Treatment of Chronic Craniofacial Pain
    Randomized Controlled Trial
    Salim M. Hayek, MD, PhD, Nameer Haider, MD, Ashwin Viswanathan, MD, Mehul Desai, MD, Jeffrey Rosenberg, MD, and Niek E. Vanquathem, BS.
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  8. 2025;28;431-438Predictive Value of Preoperative Antioxidant Levels in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Retrospective Study
    Retrospective Study
    JiaYu Yue, PhD, and Ming Yao, PhD.
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  9. 2025;28;439-448Nonlinear Association Between Serum Lutein and Zeaxanthin Levels and Low Back Pain in US Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
    Cross-sectional Survey
    Shuai Qing, PhD, Shiming Huang, PhD, Jiang feng Wang, PhD, Min Xiao, PhD, and Qishan Yi, PhD.
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  10. 2025;28;E525-E533Full Endoscopic Decompression Surgery for Far-Out Syndrome Via Pseudoarthrosis Formed by L5 Transverse Process and Sacral Ala: A Preliminary Outcome
    Retrospective Analysis
    Hao Hu, MS, Fu-Kuan Zhu, MS, Lei Shi, MD, Rui Deng, MD, Xi-Zi Miao, MS, Ya-Feng Wen, MD, Zhen-Yong Ke, MD, Xiao-Min Sheng, MD, Lei Chu, MD, and Zhong-Liang Deng, MD, PhD.
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  11. 2025;28;E535-E546A Comparative Analysis of Single versus Double Intravertebral Reduction Device Implantation for Single-Level Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: Radiological and Clinical Outcomes
    Observational Study
    Yuan-Fu Liu, MD, Hao-Jun Chuang, MD, Yu-Chia Hsu, MD, Fu-Yao Fan, MD, Chao-Jui Chang, MD, and Cheng-Li Lin, MS.
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  12. 2025;28;E547-E554HbA1c is Associated with Hyperglycemia After Local Dexamethasone Injection in Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cohort Study
    Cohort Study
    Kumiko Tanabe, MD, PhD, Takuma Ishihara, PhD, Yoshimi Nakamura, MD, and Hiroki Iida, MD, PhD.
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  13. 2025;28;E555-E566Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: Posterior Graft Implant vs. Lateral Arthrodesis with Compression Screw Hardware at a Pain Management Center
    Retrospective Study
    Ramis Gheith, MD, Mindy Wortmann, MSN, and Michel Najjar, MD.
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  14. 2025;28;449In Errata
    Errata
    ASIPP, .
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  15. 2025;28;E567-E6212025 Winning Abstracts and Posters
    Abstracts
    ASIPP, .
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