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Current Pain and Headache Reports

Issue 1/2025

Content (122 Articles)

Overview and Comparison of Interscalene Block Techniques for Brachial Plexus Pain Management

  • Nerve Block
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, William C. Upshaw, Caroline Holley, Paris D. Bailey, Joseph P. Tassin, Mark V. Frolov, Sanjana Sudini, Benjamin C. Miller, Zachary R. Palowsky, Saurabh Kataria, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Christopher L. Robinson

Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

Alan D. Kaye, Joseph R. Archer, Shivam Shah, Coplen D. Johnson, Lexa R. Herron, Amy E. Brouillette, Catherine J. Armstrong, Peyton Moore, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Azem A. Chami

The Dual Burden of Post-Traumatic Headache: Health Consequences and Economic Impact

  • Headache
  • Concussion and Head Injury (H Yuan, Section Editor)

Fred Cohen

Efficacy of Immunotherapy for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Narrative Review

Alan D. Kaye, Angela Nguyen, Jolie Boullion, Mary-Elizabeth F. Blue, Dillion W. Hopson Allen, Rucha A. Kelkar, Aya Mouhaffel, Andrew T. Ro, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Christopher L. Robinson

Efficacy of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Management of Cancer Pain: a Meta Analysis

  • Nerve Stimulation
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Kaitlyn E. Allen, Shivam S. Shah, Summer A. Smith, Taylor R. Plaisance, Amy E. Brouillette, Dani’elle J Despanie, Tayler D. Payton, Ross Rieger, Naina Singh, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sonja Gennuso, Sahar Shekoohi

Traumatic Brain Injury in Intimate Partner Violence

Cali C. M. Callaway, Judy H. Ch’ang

Rhomboid Intercostal and Subserratus Plane Block for Acute Pain Management after Abdominal Surgeries: A Narrative Review

Alan D. Kaye, Alex V. Hollander, Brianna N. Rogers, Austin S. Thomassen, Jolie A. Boullion, Gianni H. Ly, Bradley Dorius, Hirni Patel, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Christopher L. Robinson

Efficacy of Transversus Thoracic Plane Block for Pain Management in Cardiac Surgeries

Alan D. Kaye, Carliss M. Sampognaro, Shivam S. Shah, Drake P. Duplechin, Grant C. Curry, Victoria A. Rodriguez, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Jibin Mathew, Zachary R. Palowsky, Sahar Shekoohi

Efficacy, Indications, and Safety of Intrathecal Baclofen Pump: A Narrative Review

  • Nerve Stimulation
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Se Yun Cheon, Morgan H. Roque, Caroline Gibbs, Karlee R. Mott, Alex M. Wandler, Syeda T. Munir, Junyu Lin, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Harish Siddaiah, Sarah H. Myers, Kristin Nicole Bembenick, Sahar Shekoohi

Ethical Considerations in the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pain Medicine

Marco Cascella, Mohammed Naveed Shariff, Omar Viswanath, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Giustino Varrassi

Sexual Dimorphism in Migraine. Focus on Mitochondria

  • Migraine
  • Episodic Migraine (S Parikh, Section Editor)

Michal Fila, Lukasz Przyslo, Marcin Derwich, Elzbieta Pawlowska, Janusz Blasiak

Influence of Obesity, Race and Gender on Radiation Exposure for Epidural Procedures

  • Obesity
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alan D. Kaye, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Vidyasagar Pampati, Sahar Shekoohi, Joshua A. Hirsch

Efficacy of Intra–Articular Platelet–Rich Plasma Injections in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta–Analysis

  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Jolie A. Boullion, Mariem Abdelsalam, Melanie A. Green, Angela Nguyen, Ellie M. MacDonald, Mehdi Dastgah, Corrado Ballaera, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, George Mychaskiw II, Sahar Shekoohi, Christopher L. Robinson

Neuromodulation for Headache Management in Pregnancy

  • Open Access
  • Headache Disorders
  • Uncommon and/or Unusual Headaches and Syndromes (F Cohen, Section Editor)

Liza Smirnoff, Michelle Bravo, Tayina Hyppolite

Pain and Perception: Exploring Psychedelics as Novel Therapeutic Agents in Chronic Pain Management

  • Ketamine
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Natalie H. Strand, Madeline Whitney, Brooks Johnson, Tyler Dunn, Sumedha Attanti, Jillian Maloney, Lopa Misra, Diego Gomez, Omar Viswanath, Eric Emami, James Leathem

Dialysis Headache: An Updated Literature Review

  • Headache
  • Uncommon and/or Unusual Headaches and Syndromes (F Cohen, Section Editor)

Mark Barber

Cryoneurolysis for Post Operative Pain Following Chest Surgery: Contemporary Evidence and Future Directions

  • Opioids
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Gabriel Stapleton, Sahil Shah, Ethan Y. Brovman

Post-laparoscopic Shoulder Pain Management: A Narrative Review

  • Open Access
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Yan Zhao, Wen Xin, Xiaohui Luo

Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI): A Comprehensive, Patient-centered Approach

Yevgeniya Sergeyenko, Mollie E. Andreae, Miriam Segal

Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Post-Traumatic Headache: A Systematic Review

  • Headache
  • Concussion and Head Injury (H Yuan, Section Editor)

Rune H. Christensen, Haidar M. Al-Khazali, Afrim Iljazi, Edina Szabo, Håkan Ashina

The Role of Regional Anesthesia in ICU Pain Management

  • Opioids
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Jared Katz, Sean Seongjou Bok, Anis Dizdarevic

Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF): Emerging Concepts in Diagnosis, Pain Management, and Novel Treatment Options: A Narrative Review

Alan D. Kaye, Rahib K. Islam, Ivan D. Nguyen, Connor J. Robin, Haley A. Norwood, Carlo Jean Baptiste, David W. McGregor Jr, Sonnah Barrie, Tomasina Q. Parker-Actlis, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Kazi N. Islam, Sahar Shekoohi

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Biofeedback

  • Biofeedback
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Christopher Wie, Tyler Dunn, Jeannie Sperry, Natalie Strand, Aziza Dawodu, John Freeman, Stephen Covington, Scott Pew, Lopa Misra, Jillian Maloney

Pain Management Services Can Be a Cost-Effective Option over Surgery for the Treatment of Chronic Pain

  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Max Y. Jin

A Review of the Prospera Spinal Cord Stimulation System with Multiphase Stimulation and Proactive Care

  • Open Access
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Ramana K. Naidu, Leonardo Kapural, Sean Li, Caitlin Tourjé, Joseph Rutledge, David Dickerson, Timothy R. Lubenow

Ketamine Infusion for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Treatment: A Narrative Review

Alan D. Kaye, Brynne E. Tynes, Coplen D. Johnson, Bryan C. Strong, Brennan M. Abbott, Jelena Vučenović, Omar Viswanath, Charles J. Fox, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sam N. Amarasinghe, Saurabh Kataria, Sahar Shekoohi

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Post-Traumatic Headache: A Systematic Review

  • Headache
  • Concussion and Head Injury (H Yuan, Section Editor)

Rune H. Christensen, Haidar M. Al-Khazali, Afrim Iljazi, Edina Szabo, Håkan Ashina

Exploring the Potential of Psychedelics in the Treatment of Headache Disorders: Clinical Considerations and Exploratory Insights

  • Headache
  • Hot Topics in Pain and Headache (N Rosen, Section Editor)

Isabella Henderson, Ronnie Elsaadany, Gabriel Chan, Vikram Bajaj, Diana Duarte, Sadie Goodman, Michael Grunstein, Nehal P. Vadhan, Robert A. Duarte

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Stem Cell Therapies for Pain in Diabetic Neuropathy, Osteoarthritis, and Spinal Cord Injuries

Saurabh Kataria, Made Agus Mahendra Inggas, Utsav Patel, Jeremiah Hilkiah Wijaya, Kevin Yabut, Muhammad Abubakar Ayub, Pankti Maniyar, Nihar Upadhyay, Beso Davitashvili, Jayshil Patel, Siddhi Shah, Tawfiq Turjman, Hisham Turjman, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

A Review of Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Predict Persistent Postoperative Opioid Use and Opioid Use Disorder and its Ethical Considerations

  • Open Access
  • Opioids
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Rodney A. Gabriel, Brian H. Park, Chun-Nan Hsu, Alvaro A. Macias

Weathering the Pain: Ambient Temperature’s Role in Chronic Pain Syndromes

David S. Jevotovsky, Whitman Oehlermarx, Tommy Chen, Christopher Chiodo Ortiz, Annie Liu, Sidharth Sahni, Jason L. Kessler, Joseph J. Poli, Richard Lau

Nervus Intermedius Neuralgia

Jennifer Robblee

Nutraceuticals and Headache 2024: Riboflavin, Coenzyme Q10, Feverfew, Magnesium, Melatonin, and Butterbur

  • Migraine
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Stewart J. Tepper, Katharine Tepper

How Painful are Lumbar Hernias? A Comprehensive Review of Intervention Strategies

  • Open Access
  • Hot Topics

Rafael Moreno-Gómez-Toledano, Irene Méndez-Mesón, Soledad Aguado-Henche, Alba Sebastián-Martín, Mónica Grande-Alonso

The Potential of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Treating Spinal Cord Injury

Eli Justin Forouzan, Mohammed Yousif Rashid, Ned F. Nasr, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic

Trigeminal Neuralgia: Disease Characterization and Prediction of Response to Surgical Intervention

Jordan L. W. Lam, Tejas Sankar, Raymond F. Sekula, Patrick B. Senatus, Parag G. Patil

Pudendal Neuralgia: A Review of the Current Literature

  • Nerve Block
  • Neuropathic Pain (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Rosalynn R. Z. Conic, Prabhleen Kaur, Lynn R. Kohan

Pain and Headache in Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease

  • Headache
  • Secondary Headache (M Robbins, Section Editor)

Paulina Diaz, Nancy E. Nealon, Ulrike W. Kaunzner

Anxiety Disorders, Anxious Symptomology and Related Behaviors Associated With Migraine: A Narrative Review of Prevalence and Impact

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Jaroslava Raudenská, Tomáš Macko, Šárka Vodičková, Dawn C. Buse, Alena Javůrková

Association of ESR1 Polymorphisms with Susceptibility to Migraine: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Shovit Ranjan, Akshita Paikaray, Ankur Mishra, Aman Sethi, Dibenwita Dhurua, Aditya K. Panda

The Impact of Racial and Low Socioeconomic Status on the Implementation of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain in the United States

Gabriel Howard, Luis Guinand, Eric Xu, Alex Kervyn, Behnum Habibi

Neuroimage Signature in Post-Stroke Pain: A Systematic Review

Andriy Buzhanskyy, Isabel Catarina Duarte, Assunção Vaz Patto, Helena Donato, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Abel Abejas, Teresa Lapa

Consenting for Spinal Cord Stimulation – the Pitfalls and Solution

Vivek Mehta, Rajesh Munglani, Giles Eyre, Gaurav Bajaj, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Kavita Poply

Biologic Therapies for Discogenic Pain

  • Back Pain
  • Anesthetic Techniques in Pain Management (D Wang, Section Editor)

Jesse Lou, Rabiul Ryan, Dajie Wang

The Potential of Wearable, Modular Devices in Monitoring Functional Clinical Metrics in Patients Suffering from Chronic Pain

  • Chronic Daily Headache (S-J Wang and S-P Chen, Section Editors)

Jason L. Chang, Parker Nguyen, Qing Zhao Ruan, Daniel J. Pak, Christopher L. Robinson, Moises Dominguez, Jaspal R. Singh, Amitabh Gulati

Update on Neuromodulation for Migraine and Other Primary Headache Disorders: Recent Advances and New Indications

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Alexandra N. Cocores, Liza Smirnoff, Guy Greco, Ricardo Herrera, Teshamae S. Monteith

Periosteal Electrical Dry Needling Efficacy in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review

Alan D. Kaye, Olivia Mipro, Brynne E Tynes, Brennan Abbott, Caylin Roberts, Jelena Vučenović, Kyle Jenks, Matthew Sharpe, Isabella B. Lentz, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Varsha Allampalli, Saajid Azhar, Noah Embry, Sahar Shekoohi

Allodynia: A Review Article

  • Neuropathic Pain (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Brittany Melvin, Raven Wright, Alexandra McNally, Dalia Elmofty

An Overview of Prosopagnosia as a Symptom of Migraine: A Literature Review

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Episodic Migraine (S Parikh, Section Editor)

Sidney Ley

Psychological Support for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review on the Validity of a Growing Remote Approach

Anna Anselmo, Maria Pagano, Irene Cappadona, Davide Cardile, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Francesco Corallo

Efficacy of Suprainguinal Fascia Iliaca Block for Pain Management in Hip Surgeries: A Narrative Review

  • Opioids
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Trevor P. Giles, Emily O’Brien, Allison M. Picou, Austin Thomassen, Nicholas L. Thomas, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Jeffrey Sterritt, Matthew A. Slitzky, Prabandh Reddy Buchhanolla, Sahar Shekoohi

Efficacy of Steroid Facet Joint Injections for Axial Spinal Pain and Post Radiofrequency Ablation Neuritis: A Systematic Review

  • Neurotomy
  • Neuropathic Pain (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Amy E. Brouillette, Cameron A. Howe, Sheeza Wajid, Joseph R. Archer, Rachael Bartolina, Jon D. Hirsch, Jeffrey T. Howard, Daniel Bass, Charles J. Fox, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Neuropsychological Instruments and Tasks for Dependence Behaviors in Medication-Overuse Headache

Chi Ieong Lau, Yen-Feng Wang

Review: An Update on CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies for the Preventive Treatment of Episodic Migraine

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Episodic Migraine (S Parikh, Section Editor)

Kelly S Nicol, John G Burkett

Neurosurgical Interventions in Chronic Pain Management: A Review of Emerging Technologies and Accessibility

Lucas de Oliveira Woehl, Emanuel Schumacher Pereira

Creating a Framework for Minimizing Opioid Consumption after Office Based Surgery

  • Opioids
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Austin A. Skinner, Vikranth R. Chinthareddy, Richard D. Urman, Fred Shapiro

The Impact of Radiation Therapy on Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Functioning and Safety

  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

David Hao, Donghwan Lee, Shivam S. Shah, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

A Systematic Review of Regenerative Medicine Therapies for Axial Spine Pain of Facet Joint Origin

  • Back Pain
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alan D. Kaye, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Vidyasagar Pampati, Sahar Shekoohi, Joshua A. Hirsch

Perioperative Pain Management for Major Limb Amputation – A Systematic-Narrative Hybrid Review

Floris V. Raasveld, Seamus P. Caragher, Nicolas Kumar, Carla H. Lehle, Ahish Chitneni, Ian L. Valerio, Kyle R. Eberlin, David Hao

A Systematic Review of Sacroiliac Joint Injections of Platelet-Rich Plasma (Prp) and Stem Cells

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alan D. Kaye, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Vidyasagar Pampati, Sahar Shekoohi, Joshua A. Hirsch

The Current Status and Future Prospects of Intra-articular Injection Therapy for Hip Osteoarthritis: A Review

Li Li, Xiaofan Dou, Xueliang Song, Fengxian Wang

Trends in Mixed Pain Research Over Three Decades (1993–2024): A Bibliometric Analysis

  • Open Access
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Chronic Pain Management (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Marco Mercieri, Roberto Gazzeri, Marco Cascella, Martina Rekatsina, Omar Viswanath, Alberto Pasqualucci, Giustino Varrassi

Ultrasound Guided Genicular Nerve Blocks for Pain Management Following Total Knee Replacement: A Narrative Review

  • Knee-TEP
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, William C. Upshaw, Joseph P. Tassin, Jacob M. Corrent, James V. D’Antoni, Mark V. Frolov, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Hirni Patel, Catherine J. Armstrong, Raju Behara, Shilpadevi Patil, Saurabh Kataria, Sahar Shekoohi

Fasting and Headache

  • Migraine
  • Uncommon and/or Unusual Headaches and Syndromes (F Cohen, Section Editor)

Patrick T. Ebbert, Lauren R. Natbony

Efficacy and Safety of Thoracic Epidural vs. Paravertebral Block for Analgesia in Thoracotomy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Thoracotomy
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Gabrielle K. Eaves, Erin E. Ware, Devin R. Touchet, Whitney K. Hamilton, Steele S. Netterville, Jacob R. Stevens, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

Prophylactic Fibrin Glue Application for Immediate Management of Dural Puncture during Spinal Cord Stimulation Lead Placement: a Simple and Effective Technique

Roberto Gazzeri, Marcelo Galarza, Felice Occhigrossi, Omar Viswanath, Giustino Varrassi, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni

Epidemiology of Pediatric Chronic Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Alessio Lo Cascio, Miriam Cascino, Marcella Dabbene, Antonella Paladini, Omar Viswanath, Giustino Varrassi, Roberto Latina

Risks and Benefits of Cervical Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections: A Comprehensive Review

  • Disc Herniation
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Jamal Hasoon, Ashlyn Brown, Alexandra Moauro, Omar Viswanath, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

Neuropathic Pain: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends, Contributions, and Future Directions

Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Marco Mercieri, Omar Viswanath, Marco Cascella, Martina Rekatsina, Alberto Pasqualucci, Annalisa Caruso, Giustino Varrassi

Acupuncture for the Management of Chronic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

  • Acupuncture
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Lei Lan, Li Wang, Behnam Sadeghirad, Juan Tang, Yunyu Liu, Rachel J. Couban, Wenbin Ma, Jason W. Busse

SCS for CRPS: A Review of Cost-Effectiveness Models

Daniel R. Briggi, James Reilly, Josiel Garcia, Wyatt Kupperman

Efficacy and Safety of Posterior Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: A Narrative Review of Recent Evidence

  • Back Pain
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Macie A. Serio, Madelyn C. Aucoin, Jacqueline Davis, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

Optimization of Postoperative Opioids Use Following Spine Surgery

  • Opioids
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Victoria T. Tong, Rahib K. Islam, Ivan Nguyen, Brennan M. Abbott, Chandni Patel, Luke Muiznieks, Daniel Bass, Jon D. Hirsch, Richard D. Urman, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Varsha Allampalli, Sahar Shekoohi

Efficacy of Erector Spinae Plane Block for Pain Management after Hip Surgery: A Narrative Review

  • Opioids
  • Neuromodulation (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Angela Nguyen, Austin S. Thomassen, Allison M. Picou, Nicholas L. Thomas, Coplen D. Johnson, Charles J. Fox, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Yair Lopez Torres, Julian Kim, Sahar Shekoohi

The Ganglia of the Head and Neck: Clinical Relevance for the Interventional Pain Physician

Paul W. Millhouse, Robert W. Bloom, Jason N. Beckstrand, Matthew L. McClure, Maxim S. Eckmann, Kristofer J. Feeko, Jeffrey J. Mojica

A Promising Route for Established Indications: A Systematic Review of Nebulized Ketamine in Pain

  • Ketamine
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Neveen A. Kohaf, Tabia Imtiyaz Khan, Hamada Hamdy Elbana, Ro’a Azzam Hassouna, Mohamed Maher Abd Elfattah, Prashant Nasa, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan David Kaye, Islam Mohammad Shehata

Atypical Applications of Neuromodulation for Non-Painful Conditions

Ashlyn Brown, Loc Lam, Billy Huh, Ryan S. D’Souza, Saba Javed

Epidural Contrast Patterns and Clinical Implications: An Educational Review

  • Open Access
  • Back Pain
  • Chronic Pain Management (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Giuliano Lo Bianco, Barnabas T. Shiferaw, Max Y. Jin, Alaa Abd-Elsayed

Pecto-Intercostal Fascial Plane Block for Pain Management after Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Heart Surgery
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Christopher A. Vuong, Alison M. Hawkins, Macie A. Serio, Drew R. Dethloff, Alex V. Hollander, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Kimberly L. Skidmore, Zachary R. Palowsky, Sahar Shekoohi

The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Spinal Cord Stimulation Efficacy for Chronic Pain Management: Current Evidence and Future Directions

John V. Prunskis, Tadas Masys, Stephen T. Pyles, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Timothy R. Deer, Douglas P. Beall, Ramis Gheith, Sheel Patel, Dawood Sayed, Hadi Moten, Todd Hagle, Chadi I. Yaacoub, Leon Anijar, Mayank Gupta, Terri Dallas-Prunskis

Burden of Emotional Stress in Chronic Pain Care: A Wake-up Call for the Care Team

Grace Kao, Jason Parmar, Saba Javed

Notalgia Paresthetica: An Updated Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Approaches

  • Pruritus
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Parker Nguyen, Seema Parikh, Caitlyn Ko, Grace Nguyen, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits, Jamal Hasoon

The Efficacy of Magnesium Sulfate in Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia

  • Opioids
  • Anesthetic Techniques in Pain Management (D Wang, Section Editor)

Andrea A. Lopez-Ruiz, Lindsey P. Trinchet, Steven Morozowich, Lopa Misra

Review of Guidelines for Implantable Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) in the Management of Chronic Pain

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alan D. Kaye, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, Vivekanand Manocha, Joshua A. Hirsch

Prognostic Value of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Profiles in Predicting Outcomes of Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Refractory Chronic Migraine: A Retrospective Bias-Corrected Multivariable Analysis

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Marco Mercieri, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni, Alessia Naccarato, Omar Viswanath, Samah Said Al Sarmi, Giustino Varrassi, Marco Cascella, Roberto Arcioni

Cluster Headache in Children: Current Status, Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges and Future

Hong Yang, WeiHong Liu, QiuYang Zou, DeJiang Li

Persistent Opioid Use Following Major Orthopedic Surgery

  • Opioids
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Rahib K. Islam, Brynne E. Tynes, Victoria T. Tong, Anton Pelto, Matthew Bratton, Kazi N. Islam, Richard D. Urman, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Harish Siddaiah, Ross Rieger, Jeffrey Sterritt, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

Adverse Effects Associated With High-Dose Ketamine Infusions For Refractory Pain And Psychiatric Conditions

  • Ketamine
  • Hot Topics in Pain and Headache (N Rosen, Section Editor)

Elika D. Javaheri, Christopher Wie, Stephen Covington, Lopa Misra, Scott Pew, Omar Viswanath, John Freeman, Jillian Maloney

Trialing Strategies Prior to Intrathecal Drug Delivery in Cancer-Related Pain: A Narrative Review

Elizabeth Roux, Alan D. Kaye, Shivam S. Shah, Sahar Shekoohi, David Hao

Emerging Clinical Roles of Gabapentin and Adverse Effects, Including Weight Gain, Obesity, Depression, Suicidal Thoughts and Increased Risk of Opioid-Related Overdose and Respiratory Depression: A Narrative Review

Alan D. Kaye, Gabrielle Cassagne, Brennan M. Abbott, Alexandra M. Dubuisson, Jasmine J. Fagan, Isabella Indovina, Deniz Gungor, Anusha Kallurkar, Adam M. Kaye, Sahar Shekoohi

Low Dose Naltrexone In The Management Of Chronic Pain Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials

  • Naltrexone
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Naveen Chandrashekar Hegde, Archana Mishra, Divya V, Rituparna Maiti, Debasish Hota, Anand Srinivasan

Clinical Implications of Antidepressants and Associated Risk of Bleeding: A Narrative Review

  • Antidepressant Drugs
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, Harrison D. Cooper, Sydney A. Mashaw, Ahmed I. Anwar, Alex V. Hollander, Austin S. Thomassen, Anushka Singh, Sahar Shekoohi

Lumbar Radiofrequency Ablation (LRFA)– Myths and Facts: A Narrative Review of the Literature

  • Back Pain
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Vinicius Tieppo Francio, Logan Leavitt, Christopher Radlicz, Benjamin Gill, Dawood Sayed

Clinical Efficacy and Risks of Intradiscal Orthobiological Injections: A Narrative Review

  • Back Pain
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Macie A. Serio, Rachael Bartolina, Sanjana Sudini, Ellie M. MacDonald, Austin S. Thomassen, Sahar Shekoohi, Azem A. Chami, Alan D. Kaye

Efficacy and Clinical Role of Rhomboid Intercostal Nerve Block for Postoperative Pain Management: a Narrative Review

  • Nerve Block
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Alan D. Kaye, James Ilochi, Austin Thomassen, Nicholas L. Thomas, Sophie I. DeOliveira, Camille Robichaux, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi

A Pain in the Neck: Occipital Neuralgia vs. Cervicogenic Headache vs. Migrainous Cervicalgia

  • Headache
  • Acute Pain Medicine (R Urman, Section Editor)

Paul G. Mathew, Samuel Sailesh

Risk Factors and Consequences of Cutaneous Allodynia among Individuals with Migraine: A Scoping Review

  • Migraine
  • Neuropathic Pain (A Abd-Elsayed, Section Editor)

K. S. Sruthi, Eslavath Rajkumar, Aswathy Gopi, Grace Jacob Julia, John Romate

Stellate Ganglion Block for Management of Nicolau’s Syndrome Following Intravenous Ibuprofen Injection: a Case Report and Literature Review

  • Ibuprofen
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Islam Mohammad Shehata, Samar Ashraf Hassan, Rana Aboul Ella Rabie, Jamal Hasoon, Ahmed Abd-eldayem Abd-elhak

The Administration of an Expectation Survey at a Pain Medicine Clinic to Improve Patient Satisfaction: A Prospective Study

  • Open Access
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Emmanuella Borukh, Phuong Nguyen, Geum Yeon Sim, Jasal Patel, Andrew Bloomfield, Sarang S. Koushik, Jagun Raghavan, Omar Viswanath, Kevin Zacharoff, Kateryna Slinchenkova, Karina Gritsenko, Naum Shaparin

Mobile Health and Gamification of Chronic Pain Management: A Narrative Review

  • Hot Topics in Pain and Headache (N Rosen, Section Editor)

Helen S. Jung, Michael E. Schatman, Franzes Anne Z. Liongson, Michael D. Kritzer, R. Jason Yong, Derick Davis, Alan D. Kaye, Ken W. K. Lee, Mohammed Issa, Jason E. Crowther, Giuliano Lo Bianco, Paul J. Christo, Christopher L. Robinson

Perioperative Management of Patients Receiving Interventional Techniques and Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy: A Balancing Act

  • Anticoagulant
  • Chronic Pain Medicine (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Alan D. Kaye, Devi E. Nampiaparampil, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Sahar Shekoohi, Joshua A. Hirsch

A Sociological Framework for Improving Palliative Pain Care in Low-Resource Nations

  • Opioids
  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Ashton P. Christo, Mazen Zein, Christopher L. Robinson

Radiation Exposure for Interventional Pain Management Physicians: A Review of Recent Literature

  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Noah Encinas, Christopher Wie, Stephen Covington, Patrick Shaeffer, John Freeman, Scott Pew, Austin Eells, Eric Cornidez, Jillian Maloney

Efficacy and Safety of Retroclavicular Brachial Plexus Block for Pain Management after Shoulder Surgeries: a Narrative Review

  • Opioids
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Drake P. Duplechin, Garrett T. Folds, Audrey J. De Witt, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Edwin Herron, David W. McGregor Jr, Sahar Shekoohi, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alan D. Kaye

Practice Patterns of Physicians Who Perform Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections

  • Alternative Treatments for Pain Medicine (C Robinson, Section Editor)

Jamal Hasoon, Moshe Spatz, Rosa A. Garcia, Johnson S. Ho, Jatinder Gill, Thomas T. Simopoulos, Genaro Gutierrez, Jacob Caylor, Trey Mouch, R. Jason Yong, Christopher L. Robinson

Hemiplegic Cluster Headache

  • Cluster Headache
  • Uncommon and/or Unusual Headaches and Syndromes (F Cohen, Section Editor)

Ivy Liger Riso, Mario Fernando Prieto Peres, Fred Cohen

Efficacy of Transversus Abdominal Plane Block for Post-Operative Pain Management in Laparoscopic Appendectomy: A Narrative Review

  • Appendectomy
  • Chronic Pain Management (O Viswanath, Section Editor)

Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Robert E. Godke, Kalob M. Broocks, Madison B. Mills, Jeffery T. Howard, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

Chronic Pain in the Cancer Survivor

Jillian Maloney, M Kraus, N Strand, G Paramanandam, R Garcia, A Badwal, O Viswanath, J Freeman, C Wie, L Misra, MW Harbell

Supporting Students with Migraine: Examining Current Practices and Identifying Strategies for Educational Success

  • Migraine
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Cathleen Turnage, Anna Balmaseda, Kaitlin Greene, Alyson Leininger, Jessica Heierle

The Mechanism of Action of Remote Electrical Neuromodulation (REN) in Treating Migraine and Potentially Other Idiopathic Pain Conditions

  • Open Access
  • Migraine
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Marius Birlea, Christopher L. Robinson, Eden Mama, Alit Stark-Inbar, Alon Ironi, Daniel Atashsokhan, Thomas Berk

Clinical Efficacy of Magnesium in Perioperative Pain Management: A Narrative Review

  • Opioids
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Joseph G. Wentling, Bennett M. Ford, Jade Alexandra Tom Yew, Sonnah A. Barrie, Faline Y. Bernhardt, Sahar Shekoohi, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alan D. Kaye

Expanding the Lens: Recent Developments at the Intersection of Pediatric Chronic Pain and Gender Diversity

  • Open Access
  • Non-pharmacologic Aspects of Pain, Migraine, and Headache (D Buse, Section Editor)

Allison M. Smith, Megan Silvia, Gwyneth Farr, Hannah Rogan

Comparative Efficacy of Nerve Blocks for Post-Operative Analgesia Following Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy: A Systematic Review

  • Prostatectomy
  • New and Emerging Therapies in Interventional Pain Medicine (J Hasoon, Section Editor)

Shivam S. Shah, Coplen D. Johnson, Cameron A. Howe, Anton W. Pelto, Christian Grant, Sahar Shekoohi, Anusha Kallurkar, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Alan D. Kaye

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Low Back Pain: A Review of the Recent Literature

  • Nerve Stimulation
  • Anesthetic Techniques in Pain Management (D Wang, Section Editor)

Jianzhou Thomas Xiao, Niya Rana, Maunak Rana

Capsaicin in the Management of Peripheral Neuropathy: A Review

  • Capsaicin
  • Anesthetic Techniques in Pain Management (D Wang, Section Editor)

Rabiul Ryan, Ramzan Judge, Jesse Lou, Andrew Ng

Exploring Pain Phenotyping in Cervicogenic Headache Management

  • Open Access
  • Headache
  • Hot Topics in Pain and Headache (N Rosen, Section Editor)

Michael Cropes, Albojay Deacon, Evan O Nelson, Daniel Deuel, Andrew Sandgren, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Tiffany Houdek