Letters

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1116-1117

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a   Singh, Vijay ^b   Falco, Frank ^c  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^c Midatlantic Spine and Pain Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ACCURACY; CERVICAL MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCK; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL SPACE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 67650309782     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a19c89     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. Smuck M, Levin JH, Arnold PM. New from the journals re Manchikanti et al. Cervical medial branch blocks for chronic cervical facet joint pain: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial with one-year follow-up. Spine Line 2008; 9:34-37.
3. ManchikantiL, Singh V, Pampati V,et al. Analysisof growth ofinterventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the medicare population: a 10-year evaluation from 1997 to 2006. Pain Physician 2009;12:9-34.
4. Tachihara H, Sekiguchi M, Kikuchi S, et al. Do corticosteroids produce additional benefit in nerve root infiltration for lumbar disc herniation? Spine 2008; 33:743-47.
5. Manchikanti L, Hirsch JA, Smith HS. Evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and guidelines in interventional pain management: Part 2: Randomized controlled trials. Pain Physician 2008;11:717-73.