Fluoroscopy-Guided Transforaminal versus Caudal Epidural Steroid Injection for Chronic Pain After Spinal Surgery: A Retrospective Mid-Term Comparative Study

Back PainPain Management

Ultrasound- versus fluoroscopy-guided injections in the lower back for the management of pain: a systematic review

J Pain.

Hofmeister M, Dowsett LE, Lorenzetti DL, Clement F

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2019.02.010.

Regional Anesthesia

The influence of local anesthesia depth on procedural pain during fluoroscopically-guided lumbar transforaminal epidural injections: a randomized clinical trial

Am J Phys Med Rehabil.

Baek IC, Choi SY, Suh J, Kim SH

doi: 10.1097/PHM.

Epidural Anesthesia

Trends in steroid agent and diluent choices for epidural steroid injections: a survey of Spine Intervention Society physicians

Reg Anesth Pain Med.

Clements N, Vydra D, Cushman DM, Nagpal A, Julia J, Zheng P, McCormick ZL

doi: 10.1136/rapm-2018-100366.

Acute PainEpidural Anesthesia

Comparison of intravenous lidocaine versus epidural anesthesia for traumatic rib fracture pain: a retrospective cohort study

Reg Anesth Pain Med.

Lii TR, Aggarwal AK

doi: 10.1136/rapm-2019-101120.

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Back Pain

A multicenter randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of intradiscal methylene blue injection for chronic discogenic low back pain: the IMBI study

Pain.

Kallewaard JW, Wintraecken VM, Geurts JW, Willems PC, van Santbrink H, Terwiel CTM, van Kleef M, van Kuijk SMJ

doi: 10.1097/j.pain.

Pain ReliefPostoperative Pain

Epidural analgesia versus patient-controlled intravenous analgesia for pain following intra-abdominal surgery in adults

Cochrane Database Syst Rev.

Salicath JH, Yeoh EC, Bennett MH

doi: 10.1002/14651858.

Chronic Pain

All-cause mortality in patients with long-term opioid therapy compared with non-opioid analgesics for chronic non-cancer pain: a database study

BMC Med.

Häuser W, Schubert T, Vogelmann T, Maier C, Fitzcharles MA, Tölle T

doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01644-4.

Further Publications Pain

Safety of Epidural Steroid Injections for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain: Unmet Medical Need

Clin J Pain

Cohen SP, Greuber E, Vought K, Lissin D

doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000963