The effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity painRamsin M Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL, USA
Pain Physician 15:E363-404. 2012
..Consequently, the debate continues with regards to the effectiveness, indications, and medical necessity of interlaminar epidural injections...
A systematic evaluation of thoracic interlaminar epidural injectionsRamsin M Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL, USA
Pain Physician 15:E497-514. 2012
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of cervical epidurals in the management of chronic neck painRamsin M Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Pain Physician 12:137-57. 2009
..However, the literature supporting cervical epidural steroids in managing chronic pain problems has been scant and no systematic review dedicated to the evaluation of cervical interlaminar epidurals has been performed in the past...
A perfect storm in interventional pain management: regulated, but unbalancedRamsin M Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Pain Physician 13:109-16. 2010
..Issues to be addressed include appropriate use of evidence-based medicine (EBM), overuse, overutilization, and abuse...
Corticosteroid induced psychosis in the pain management settingRamsin M Benyamin
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
Pain Physician 11:917-20. 2008
..Synthetic corticosteroids are commonly utilized in interventional pain management procedures. These substances have potential side-effects including psychological adverse events...
Assessment of practice patterns of perioperative management of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy in interventional pain managementLaxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY, and University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL, and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL
Pain Physician 15:E955-68. 2012
..Even then, interventionalists seem to routinely discontinue all antithrombotic therapy prior to all interventional pain management techniques...
Preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of fluoroscopic lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic lumbar discogenic pain without disc herniation or radiculitisLaxmaiah Manchikanti
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, KY and Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, IL, USA
Pain Physician 13:E279-92. 2010
..However, little evidence exists regarding the effectiveness, indications, and medical necessity of lumbar epidural injections in managing axial low back pain without disc herniation or radiculitis...
Pulsed radiofrequency denervation for the treatment of sacroiliac joint syndromeRicardo Vallejo
Millennium Pain Center, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Pain Med 7:429-34. 2006
..We present a prospective case series on the treatment of intractable SIJ dysfunction with pulsed radiofrequency denervation (PRFD) of lateral branches from L4-S3...