Search Results - "Boswell, Mark V"
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A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Radiculitis
Published in Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976) (01-11-2011)“…A randomized, controlled, double-blind trial. To assess the effectiveness of fluoroscopically directed caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back…”
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Smoking produces rapid rise of [11C]nicotine in human brain
Published in Psychopharmacologia (01-05-2010)“…Rationale Variation in the rate at which drugs reach the brain influences many different drug effects and is also thought to influence liability to addiction…”
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Prevalence of facet joint pain in chronic spinal pain of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders (28-05-2004)“…Facet joints are a clinically important source of chronic cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine pain. The purpose of this study was to systematically evaluate…”
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Improved Operating Room Efficiency via Constraint Management: Experience of a Tertiary-Care Academic Medical Center
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-07-2015)“…Background Suboptimal operating room (OR) efficiency is a universal complaint among surgeons. Nonetheless, maximizing efficiency is critical to institutional…”
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Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the Medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data
Published in BMC health services research (30-03-2010)“…The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG-DHHS) issued a report which showed explosive growth and also raised…”
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Opioid epidemic in the United States
Published in Pain physician (01-07-2012)“…Over the past two decades, as the prevalence of chronic pain and health care costs have exploded, an opioid epidemic with adverse consequences has escalated…”
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Epidural Injections for Lumbar Radiculopathy and Spinal Stenosis: A Comparative Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2016)“…The prevalence of chronic low back pain and related disability is rapidly increasing as are the myriad treatments, including epidural injections. Even though…”
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Effectiveness of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis in Post Lumbar Surgery Syndrome: A Systematic Analysis of Findings of Systematic Reviews
Published in Pain physician (01-07-2019)“…Post lumbar surgery syndrome is common and often results in chronic, persistent pain and disability, which can lead to multiple interventions. After failure of…”
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Epidural Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines
Published in Pain physician (01-01-2021)“…Chronic spinal pain is the most prevalent chronic disease with employment of multiple modes of interventional techniques including epidural interventions…”
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Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines
Published in Pain physician (01-02-2017)“…Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse,…”
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Update on Reversal and Decline of Growth of Utilization of Interventional Techniques In Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population from 2000 to 2018
Published in Pain physician (01-11-2019)“…The cost of US health care continues to increase, with treatments related to low back and neck pain and other musculoskeletal disorders accounting for the…”
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Fourth Wave of Opioid (Illicit Drug) Overdose Deaths and Diminishing Access to Prescription Opioids and Interventional Techniques: Cause and Effect
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2022)“…In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, data has shown that age-adjusted overdose death rates involving synthetic opioids, psychostimulants, cocaine, and heroin…”
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Review of Controlled Substance Management in Chronic Pain: A Balanced Approach
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A modified approach to grading of evidence
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Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: Explosive Growth Continues
Published in Current pain and headache reports (01-10-2016)“…Increasing utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic spinal pain, specifically facet joint interventions and sacroiliac joint injections, is…”
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[ISRCTN 16558617] A randomized, controlled trial of spinal endoscopic adhesiolysis in chronic refractory low back and lower extremity pain
Published in BMC anesthesiology (06-07-2005)“…Postoperative epidural fibrosis may contribute to between 5% to 60% of the poor surgical outcomes following decompressive surgery. Correlations have been…”
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Interventional pain management at crossroads: the perfect storm brewing for a new decade of challenges
Published in Pain physician (01-03-2010)“…The health care industry in general and care of chronic pain in particular are described as recession-proof. However, a perfect storm with a confluence of many…”
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A Systematic Review and Best Evidence Synthesis of the Effectiveness of Therapeutic Facet Joint Interventions in Managing Chronic Spinal Pain
Published in Pain physician (01-07-2015)“…The therapeutic spinal facet joint interventions generally used for the treatment of axial spinal pain of facet joint origin are intraarticular facet joint…”
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Effectiveness of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis in Managing Chronic Central Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published in Pain physician (01-11-2019)“…Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis is a condition affecting a growing number of individuals resulting in significant disability and pain, leading to a…”
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An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations
Published in Pain physician (01-04-2013)“…To develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain. Systematic…”
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