MRI analysis of the lumbar spine: can it predict response to diagnostic and therapeutic facet procedures?Milan P Stojanovic
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, MGH Center for Pain Medicine, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Clin J Pain 26:110-5. 2010
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- A prospective crossover comparison study of the single-needle and multiple-needle techniques for facet-joint medial branch block
Milan P Stojanovic
MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Reg Anesth Pain Med 30:484-90. 2005
..To date, no studies have been performed that compared these 2 techniques...
- The predictive value of sympathetic block for the success of spinal cord stimulation
E Daniela Hord
Interventional Pain Program, MGH Pain Center, Departments of Anesthesia and Critical Care and Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Neurosurgery 53:626-32; discussion 632-3. 2003
..The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive value of response to sympathetic blockade (SB) on the success rate of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in patients with complex regional pain syndrome...
- Psychophysical measurements during lumbar discography: a heart rate response study
Milan P Stojanovic
Interventional Pain Program, MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 20:387-91. 2007
..Prospective clinical data analysis...
- The technical aspects of epidural steroid injections: a national survey
Robert Cluff
MGH Pain Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Anesth Analg 95:403-8, table of contents. 2002
..The purpose was to establish whether consensus exists on technical aspects of this procedure. The study results indicate that there is no consensus, and that there is a wide variation in current practices...
- Single needle approach for multiple medial branch blocks: a new technique
Milan P Stojanovic
Interventional Pain Program, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, 15 Parkman Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Clin J Pain 19:134-7. 2003
..These may include less patient discomfort, less time required and less radiation exposure since only one C-arm position is used, a smaller volume of local anesthetic, and possibly a lower incidence of false-positive blocks...
- The role of fluoroscopy in cervical epidural steroid injections: an analysis of contrast dispersal patterns
Milan P Stojanovic
Interventional Pain Program, MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, MA General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:509-14. 2002
..A multicenter, retrospective analysis of cervical epidurograms...
- A differential diagnosis of hyperalgesia, toxicity, and withdrawal from intrathecal morphine infusion
Aneesh Singla
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Anesth Analg 105:1816-9, table of contents. 2007
..This report demonstrates the complexity of treating patients with long-term continuous intrathecal opioids when modest adjustment of the intrathecal cocktail results in a paradoxical clinical course...
