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



Articles

  1. 2018;21;E1-E12Buprenorphine Formulations: Clinical Best Practice Strategies Recommendations for Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Surgical or Interventional Pain Procedures
    Guidelines
    Adrian B. Jonan, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, and Richard D. Urman, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  2. 2018;21;1-8Fusion or Not for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
    Systematic Review
    Jieliang Shen, PhD, Shen Xu, MD, Shenxi Xu, MD, Sen Ye, MD, and Jie Hao, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  3. 2018;21;9-18Characteristics of the Middle Cervical Sympathetic Ganglion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Chan Park, MD, Chong Hyun Suh, MD, Ji Eun Shin, MD, and Jung Hwan Baek, MD, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  4. 2018;21;19-32Efficacy of Pain Relief in Different Postherpetic Neuralgia Therapies: A Network Meta-Analysis
    Meta-Analysis
    Dehua Song, MD, Aijie He, MD, Renhua Xu, PhD, Xiaolin Xiu, BA, and Yulian Wei, BA.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  5. 2018;21;33-40Pulsed Radiofrequency Improves Neuropathic Pain in Chronic Constriction Injury Rats through the Upregulation of the Transcription and Translation Levels of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
    Randomized Trial
    Jin Hailong, MD, Ren Hao, MD, Jia Zipu, MD, Ji Nan, MD, and Luo Fang, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  6. 2018;21;41-52Ultrasound-Guided Genicular Nerve Block for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial of Local Anesthetic Alone or in Combination with Corticosteroid
    Randomized Trial
    Doo-Hwan Kim, MD, Seong-Soo Choi, MD, PhD, Syn-Hae Yoon, MD, So-Hee Lee, MD, Dong-Kyun Seo, MD, In-Gyu Lee, MD, Woo-Jong Choi, MD, PhD, and Jin-Woo Shin, MD, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  7. 2018;21;53-60Reducing Radiation Exposure in Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections with Pulsed Fluoroscopy: A Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Clinical Trial
    Randomized Trial
    Edward Braun, MD, Andrew M. Sack, MD, Dawood Sayed, MD, Smith Manion, MD, Brian Hamm, MD, Michael Brimacombe, PhD, Michael Tollette, MD, Talal W. Khan, MD, Walter Orr, MPH, and Andrea Nicol, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  8. 2018;21;E13-E24Cerebral Blood Flow and Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Cross-Over Study
    Randomized Trial
    Anneleen Malfliet, PT, MSc, Roselien Pas, PT, MSc, Raf Brouns, MD, PhD, Joris De Win, MD, Samar M. Hatem, MD, PhD, Mira Meeus, PT, PhD, Kelly Ickmans, PT, PhD, Robbert-Jan van Hooff, MD, PhD, and Jo Nijs, PT, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  9. 2018;21;E25-E31Implication of Two Different Doses of Intradiscal Ozone-Oxygen Injection upon the Pain Alleviation in Patients with Low Back Pain: A Randomized, Single-Blind Study
    Randomized Trial
    Abdelraheem Elawamy, MD, Emad Zarief Kamel, MD, Manal Hassanien, MD, Ola M. Wahba, MD, and Shereen Ezzat Amin, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  10. 2018;21;61-66Sacroiliac Joint Intraarticular Injection in True Anteroposterior View: Description of a New C-Arm Guided Method
    Case Series
    Arman Taheri, MD, Mahbod Lajevardi, MD, Mohsen Abad, MD, Jayran Zebardast, RN, and Sanaz Shaabani, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  11. 2018;21;67-72Outcome of Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection According to the Severity of Lumbar Foraminal Spinal Stenosis
    Prospective Observational Study
    Min Cheol Chang, MD, and Dong Gyu Lee, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  12. 2018;21;73-82The Termination Level of the Dural Sac Relevant to Caudal Epidural Block in Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae: A Comparison between Sacralization and Lumbarization Groups
    Retrospective Study
    Ji Young Jeon, MD, Yu Mi Jeong, MD, Sheen-Woo Lee, MD, Jeong Ho Kim, MD, Hye-Young Choi, MD, and Yong Ahn, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  13. 2018;21;83-90Dual Site Pudendal Nerve Infiltration: More than Just a Diagnostic Test?
    Retrospective Study
    Adrian Kastler, MD, PhD, Julien Puget, MD, Florence Tiberghien, MD, Jean-Michel Pellat, MD, Alexandre Krainik, MD, PhD, and Bruno Kastler, MD, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  14. 2018;21;E33-E42Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Insufficient Cement Distribution in the Fractured Area after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
    Retrospective Evaluation
    Lin-qiang Ye, MD, De Liang, MM, Xiao-bing Jiang, MD, Zhen-song Yao, MD, Huan Lu, MD, Ting Qiu, MB, Wei-bo Yu, MM, Ling Mo, MM, Shun-cong Zhang, MM, and Da-xiang Jin, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  15. 2018;21;E43-E48Do Pain Medicine Fellowship Programs Provide Education in Practice Management? A Survey of Pain Medicine Fellowship Programs
    Survey
    Rene Przkora, MD, PhD, Ajay Antony, MD, Andrew McNeil, DO, Gary J. Brenner, MD, PhD, James Mesrobian, MD, Richard Rosenquist, MD, and Amr E. Abouleish, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  16. 2018;21;E49-E55Chronic Smoking is Not Associated with Increased Postoperative Opioid Use in Patients with Lung Cancer or Esophageal Cancer
    Retrospective Study
    Tak Kyu Oh, MD, Jae Hyun Jeon, MD, Jong Mog Lee, MD, Moon Soo Kim, MD, Jee Hee Kim, MD, PhD, Se Jun Lee, MS, and Woosik Eom, MD, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  17. 2018;21;E57-E62The Effect of Caudal Epidural Pulsed Radiofrequency Stimulation in Patients with Refractory Chronic Idiopathic Axonal Polyneuropathy
    Prospective Study
    Dong Gyu Lee, MD, and Min Cheol Chang, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  18. 2018;21;E63-E70Early Experience of Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Discectomy for Adolescent Lumbar Disc Herniation with Sciatic Scoliosis
    Retrospective Study
    Zhiming Tu, MD, Bing Wang, MD, Lei Li, MD, Yawei Li, MD, PhD, Yuliang Dai, MD, Guohua Lv, MD, PhD, and Tuoqi Li, PhD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  19. 2018;21;E71-E78Long-term Clinical Effects of DiscoGel for Cervical Disc Herniation
    Cross-Sectional Study
    Havva Sayhan, MD, Serbulent Gokhan Beyaz, MD, Ali Metin Ulgen, MD, Mehmet Fatih Yuce, MD, and Yakup Tomak, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  20. 2018;21;E79-E80The Perils of Overestimating the Efficacy of Cannabis-Based Medicines for Chronic Pain Management
    Letter from the Editor
    Winfried Hauser, MD, and Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  21. 2018;21;E81-E83In Response: Aviram J et al The Perils of Overestimating the Efficacy of Cannabis-Based Medicines for Chronic Pain Management
    In Response
    Joshua Aviram, RN, PhC, and G. Samuelly-Leichtag, PT, PhC.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  22. 2018;21;E84Magnesium Efficacy to Improve Analgesic Effects of Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks
    Letter from the Editor
    Mark C. Kendall, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF

  23. 2018;21;E85In Response: Magnesium Efficacy to Improve Analgesic Effects of Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks
    In Response
    Ahmad M. Abd El-Rahman, MD.
    ABSTRACTPDF