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Experts Debate Unanswered Questions Regarding Postsurgical Intra-articular Injections
ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Although intra-articular injections and catheters have become an increasingly common component of multimodal postoperative pain management after orthopedic surgery, their safety and efficacy is anything but clear cut, particularly in light of recent cases of glenohumeral chondrolysis following shoulder surgery.
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For Facet Joint Pain, Minimally Invasive Surgery A Good Fit
ISSUE: JULY, 2010 A minimally invasive approach for facet arthrodesis reduces pain as well as chronic opioid use in back pain patients, according to a new study. The procedure—originally developed and used by orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons—also may be performed safely by interventional pain physicians, the study demonstrated.
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Implanted Device Shown Effective For Neurovascular-Related Chronic Arm Pain
ISSUE: JUNE, 2010 A team from the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville has described a new method for treating thoracic outlet syndrome and reflex sympathetic dystrophy effectively and less invasively following failed treatment.
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In Retrospective Analysis, Both Transforaminal and Interlaminar Approaches Effective in the Lumbar Spine
ISSUE: JUNE, 2010 A study of transforaminal and interlaminar approaches to lumbar epidural steroid injection has found that both are effective; however, because of ongoing concerns about catastrophic complications, the investigators recommend interlaminar as the safer and preferable approach.
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Spinal Fusion Rate Increases Kept Pace by Complications
ISSUE: JUNE, 2010 Even as the frequency of decompression surgeries has fallen, the rate of complex fusion procedures for the treatment of spinal stenosis has jumped 15-fold, a new study shows.
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Adhesive Skin Closures Can Stand Alone for Preventing Lead Migration
ISSUE: JUNE, 2010 Adhesive skin closures prevent migration of spinal cord stimulator leads more effectively than the combination of adhesive skin closures and sutures, according to the results of a new study.
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Spinal Fusion Rate Increases Kept Pace by Complications
ISSUE: JUNE, 2010 Even as the frequency of decompression surgeries has fallen, the rate of complex fusion procedures for the treatment of spinal stenosis has jumped 15-fold, a new study shows.
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Microdiscectomy Betters Outcomes for Chronic Spinal Pain
ISSUE: MAY, 2010 New York—Spinal disc decompression shows better outcomes for radicular pain of discogenic origin than epidural injection with a steroid and local anesthetic, New York researchers have found.
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