Background: Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the major causes of significant disability and
health care costs, with facet joints as one of the proven causes of pain. Objective: To provide …

This review assessed interlaminar, transforaminal and caudal epidural injections for the
treatment of chronic spinal pain. The authors concluded that there is moderate evidence for …

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional
techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. METHODOLOGY …

Background: The evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of chronic spinal
pain with interventional techniques were developed to provide recommendations to …

Background: Comprehensive, evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in
the management of chronic spinal pain are described here to provide recommendations for …

61-68-Forst - SIJ.indd Page 1 Forst et al • The Sacroiliac Joint 61 Pain Physician Vol. 9, No.
1, 2006 Pain Physician. 2006;9:61-68, ISSN 1533-3159 A Focused Review The Sacroiliac …

The review assessed diagnostic and therapeutic lumbar facet joint interventions for chronic
low back pain. The authors reported level I/II evidence (multiple properly conducted studies) …

Background: Opioid abuse has increased at an alarming rate. However, available evidence
suggests a wide variance in the use of opioids, as documented by different medical …

Background: Neuropathic pain originating from spinal disc herniations is a very common
problem. The majority of disc surgeries are performed to alleviate this pain once …

Objectives Evaluation of the prevalence of facet or zygapophysial joint pain in chronic spinal
pain of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar origin by using controlled, comparative local anesthetic …