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ReviewAnesthesiology and pain medicine2015

Interventional Therapies for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Focused Review (Efficacy and Outcomes).

Vikram B Patel, Ronald Wasserman, Farnad Imani

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In one paragraph

Review in Anesthesiology and pain medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05601791 (Efficacy of Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression Versus Epidural Steroid and Local Anesthetic Injection by Transforaminal Approach in the Treatment of Lumbar Radicular Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05601791 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression Versus Epidural Steroid and Local Anesthetic Injection by Transforaminal Approach in the Treatment of Lumbar Radicular Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorOsijek University HospitalRan2021 to 2024Enrolled116ConditionsHerniated Disc, Low Back PainArmsEpidural Steroid Injection, Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Implanted spinal neuromodulation interventions for chronic pain in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  14. Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) and Chronic Pain.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vikram B PatelPhoenix Interventional Center for Advanced Learning, Algonquin, Illinois, USA.
Ronald WassermanBack and Pain Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Farnad ImaniPain Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextLower back pain is considered to be one of the most common complaints that brings a patient to a pain specialist. Several modalities in interventional pain management are known to be helpful to a patient with chronic low back pain. Proper diagnosis is required for appropriate intervention to provide optimal benefits. From simple trigger point injections for muscular pain to a highly complex intervention such as a spinal cord stimulator are very effective if chosen properly. The aim of this article is to provide the reader with a comprehensive reading for treatment of lower back pain using interventional modalities. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Extensive search for published literature was carried out online using PubMed, Cochrane database and Embase for the material used in this manuscript. This article describes the most common modalities available to an interventional pain physician along with the most relevant current and past references for the treatment of lower back pain. All the graphics and images were prepared by and belong to the author.

resultsThis review article describes the most common modalities available to an interventional pain physician along with the most relevant current and past references for the treatment of lower back pain. All the graphics and images belong to the author. Although it is beyond the scope of this review article to include a very detailed description of each procedure along with complete references, a sincere attempt has been made to comprehensively cover this very complex and perplexing topic.

conclusionLower back pain is a major healthcare issue and this review article will help educate the pain practitioners about the current evidence based treatment options.

Indexed as

DecompressionDiscographyFacet JointInterventional TherapiesIntradiscal Procedures, DiscLow Back PainProceduresSacroiliac jointSpinal Cord Stimulation

Identifiers

PMID26484298
PMCPMC4604560
OpenAlexW2096584418

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