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



Articles

  1. 2020;23;335-348Clinical Effectiveness of Interlaminar Epidural Injections of Local Anesthetic with or without Steroids for Managing Chronic Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Mohamed Kamal Mesregah, MD, PhD, Wei Feng, PhD, Wei-Hsun Huang, MBBS, Wei-Cheng Chen, MBBS, Brandon Yoshida, BSc, Andrew Mecum, BA, Krishna Mandalia, BSc, and Nicholas Van Halm-Lutterodt, MD, PhD.
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  2. 2020;23;349-364Evidence for the Efficacy of Scrambler Therapy for Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review
    Systematic Review
    Komal Kashyap, PhD, and Sushma Bhatnagar, MD.
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  3. 2020;23;365-374Long-Term Outcomes of Epidurals with Lidocaine With or Without Steroids for Lumbar Disc Herniation and Spinal Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis
    Systematic Review
    Wenxing Zhao, MD, PhD, Yong Wang, MD, Jianping Wu, MD, PhD, Xinyou Gao, MD, Quanfeng Wei, MD, Xuezhen Lai, MD, and Jianxiong An, MD, PhD.
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  4. 2020;23;375-382Bilateral Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Postoperative Analgesia after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
    Randomized Trial
    Alshaimaa Abdel Fattah Kamel, MD, Olfat Abdelmoniem Ibrahem Amin, MD, and Mohamed Abdel Moniem Ibrahem, MD.
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  5. 2020;23;383-392Contrast Medium Volume Needed to Reach Anterior Epidural Space via the Kambin Triangle or Subpedicular Approach for Transforaminal Epidural Injection
    Randomized Trial
    Babita Ghai, MD, Amit Kumar Gupta, MD, Jeetinder Kaur Makkar, MD, and Sarvdeep Singh Dhatt, MS.
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  6. 2020;23;393-404Open Lumbar Microdiscectomy and Posterolateral Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Antero- and Retrospondylolisthesis
    Retrospective Review
    Dong-Ju Yun, MD, Sang-Joon Park, MD, and Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD.
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  7. 2020;23;405-412Transversus Abdominis Plane Block as a Treatment Modality for Chronic Abdominal Pain
    Retrospective Review
    Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Susan Luo, BS, and Cody Falls, BS.
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  8. 2020;23;413-422Descriptive Analysis of Federal and State Interventional Pain Malpractice Litigation in the United States: A Pilot Investigation
    Retrospective Review
    Dilip Kamath, MD, Sean McIntyre, MD, Saskya Byerly, MD, Nitin Agarwal, MD, Preetha Kamath, MD, Evan Peskin, MD, Raghav Gupta, BS, Souvik Roy, BS, Ruben Schwartz, DO, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Omar Viswanath, MD, Ivan Urits, MD, and Danielle Bodzin Horn, MD.
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  9. 2020;23;423-428Lidocaine Versus Bupivacaine in the Treatment of Headache with Intranasal Sphenopalatine Nerve Block
    Retrospective Review
    Daniel L. Kirkpatrick, MD, Tricia Townsend, BS, Carissa Walter, MPH, Lauren Clark, MS, Adam Alli, MD, Thomas Fahrbach, MD, E. John Madarang, MD, Steven Lemons, MD, Alan Reeves, MD, and Zachary Collins, MD.
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  10. 2020;23;429-438Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: An Analysis of the Current Treatment Options
    Retrospective Review
    Bo Song, MD, Peter Yeh, MD, Daniel Nguyen, DO, Uzoh Ikpeama, MD, Max Epstein, MD, and John Harrell, MD.
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  11. 2020;23;E335-E342Management of Cardiac Implantable Electrical Devices in Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation for Spine Pain: Physician Survey and Review of Guidelines
    Physician Survey
    Jason Friedrich, MD, Elise M. Itano, MD, and Rachael Rzasa Lynn, MD.
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  12. 2020;23;E343-E352Appropriate Management of Vertebral Fragility Fractures: Development of a Pathway Based on a Vertebral Compression Fracture Registry
    Management Pathway
    Neal H. Shonnard, MD, Sigurd Berven, MD, Paul A. Anderson, MD, Evert Verschuyl, MD, Justine Norwitz, MD, Nell Shonnard, BS, Sara Khor, MASc, Derrick D. Wagoner, DO, Edward S. Yoon, MD, and Douglas P. Beall, MD.
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  13. 2020;23;E353-E362Pressure-Induced Referred Pain as a Biomarker of Pain Sensitivity in Fibromyalgia
    Observational Study
    Ruben Arroyo-Fernandez, MS, Elisabeth Bravo-Esteban, PhD, Victor Domenech-Garcia, MS, and Asuncion Ferri-Morales, PhD.
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  14. 2020;23;E363-E368Ultrasound-Guided Injections at the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve: The Inguinal Ligament as a Barrier
    Descriptive Study
    Tobias Rossmann, MD, Jasmin Zessner-Spitzenberg, BSc, Camilla Sandurkov, MD, Ulrike M. Heber, MD, Wolfgang J. Weninger, MD, and Stefan Meng, MD.
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  15. 2020;23;E369-E37610 kHz High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Thoracic Pain: A Multicenter Case Series and a Guide for Optimal Anatomic Lead Placement
    Retrospective Study
    Dawood Sayed, MD, Jeffrey Foster, DO, Ali Nairizi, MD, Shawn Sills, MD, and Andrew Miller, BS.
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  16. 2020;23;E377-E388Therapeutic Effectiveness of Percutaneous Endoscopic Spinal Surgery for Intraspinal Cement Leakage Following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: An Early Clinical Study of 12 Cases
    Retrospective Study
    Qingshuai Yu, MD, Lei Shi, MD, PhD, Zhou Xu, MD, Youliang Ren, MD, Junsong Yang, MD, PhD, Yingjie Zhou, MD, PhD, Zhongliang Deng, MD, PhD, and Lei Chu, MD, PhD.
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  17. 2020;23;E389-E398Prevalence and Impact of Low Back Pain in a Community-Based Population in Northern India
    Cross-Sectional Study
    Dipika Bansal, MD, DM, MAMS, Mir Mahmood Asrar, M Pharm, PhD, Babita Ghai, MD, DNB, FAMS, and Dhanuk Pushpendra, M Pharm.
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  18. 2020;23;E399-E408Influence of the Generation of Motor Mental Images on Physiotherapy Treatment in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain
    Cross-Sectional Study
    Monica Grande-Alonso, MSc, Miriam Garrigos-Pedron, PhD, Ferran Cuenca-Martinez, MSc, Celia Vidal-Quevedo, PT, Maria Prieto-Aldana, MSc, Roy La Touche, PhD, and Alfonso Gil-Martinez, PhD.
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  19. 2020;23;E409-E416Clinical Efficacy of Different Bone Cement Distribution Patterns in Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: A Retrospective Study
    Retrospective Study
    Bin Lv, MM, Peng Ji, MM, Xiaochen Fan, MM, Jishan Yuan, PhD, Tao Xu, PhD, Xiang Yao, MD, Anquan Huang, MM, and Tianming Zou, MM.
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  20. 2020;23;E417-E424Microscopic Study of Injectable Steroids: Effects of Postmixing Time on Particle Aggregation
    Basic Science
    Jorge M. Orduna-Valls, MD, David L. Cedeno, PhD, Carlos Nebreda-Clavo, MD, Carlos Tornero-Tornero, MD, PhD, Julian Alvarez-Escudero, MD, PhD, Mireya Ferrandis Martinez, RN, Alfonso A. Valverde-Navarro, MD, PhD, and Amparo Ruiz-Sauri, MD, PhD.
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  21. 2020;23;E425-E427Re: Comparisons of Monopolar Lesion Volumes with Hypertonic Saline Solution in Radiofrequency Ablation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Ex Vivo Study
    Letter to the Editor
    David A. Provenzano, MD, Eric Cosman, Jr, PhD, and Jared Wilsey, PhD.
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  22. 2020;23;E428Response to “Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Sacral Roots Improves the Success Rate of Superior Hypogastric Plexus Neurolysis in Controlling Pelvic and Perineal Cancer Pain”
    Letter to the Editor
    Keshav Kumar Garg, MD, Anil Agarwal, MD, and Sujeet Gautam, MD.
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