Utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the medicare population: Analysis of growth patterns from 2000 to 2011

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Falco, Frank J E ^c,d   Singh, Vijay ^e   Pampati, Vidyasagar ^a   Parr, Allan T ^f   Benyamin, Ramsin M ^g,h   Fellows, Bert ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ⁱ  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c Mid Atlantic Spine and Pain Physicians   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates   (United States)

^f Premier Pain Center   (United States)

^g MILLENNIUM PAIN CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Chronic spinal pain; Epidural steroid injections; Facet joint injections; Interventional pain management; Interventional techniques; Sacroiliac joint injections

Indexed keywords

ADHESIOLYSIS PROCEDURE; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDURAL PROCEDURE; FACET JOINT INTERVENTION; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NERVE BLOCK; PERCUTANEOUS DISC PROCEDURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; THERAPY;

CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869815139     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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