Pain physician
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Optimal intrathecal dosing regimens for hydromorphone are not well established for analgesia after abdominal surgery. ⋯ Drug-related side effects, opioid analgesics, outcome assessment, postoperative pain, spinal injections.
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The benefit of intradiscal glucocorticoid injection (IGI) for discogenic low back pain (LBP) remains controversial. ⋯ Low back pain, lumbar back pain, intradiscal glucocorticoid injection, modic changes, meta-analysis.
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Extensive research into potential sources of thoracic pain with or without referred pain into the chest wall has demonstrated that thoracic facet joints can be a potential source of pain confirmed by precise, diagnostic blocks.The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to evaluate the effectiveness of medial branch blocks and radiofrequency neurotomy as a therapeutic thoracic facet joint intervention. ⋯ Chronic spinal pain, thoracic facet or zygapophysial joint pain, facet joint nerve blocks, medial branch blocks, controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks, diagnostic accuracy, radiofrequency neurotomy.
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Review
The Role of Interventional Pain Management Strategies for Neuropathic Pelvic Pain in Endometriosis.
Endometriosis is a chronic common condition affecting 10% of reproductive-aged women globally. It is caused by the growth of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity and leads to chronic pelvic pain, affecting various aspects of a woman's physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being. This highlights the importance of an understanding of the potential involvement of the nervous system and involved nerves as well as an effective multidisciplinary pain management. ⋯ Endometriosis, chronic pain, therapeutic interventions, interventional techniques, pain injections, visceral pain, peripheral pain.