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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2022

Review of Opioid Sparing Interventional Pain Management Options and Techniques for Radiofrequency Ablations for Sacroiliac Joint Pain.

Mila Pastrak, Nikola Vladicic, Jordan Sam, Bruce Vrooman, Frederick Ma, Ammar Mahmoud, James S Khan, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Farhan Khandwalla, Scott McGilvray and 1 more

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Mila PastrakMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Nikola VladicicSt. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada.
Jordan SamLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Bruce VroomanDartmouth Hitchcock Medical Centre, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Frederick MaBloor Pain Specialists, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ammar MahmoudNorthern Light Health, Bangor, ME, USA.
James S KhanMount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. alaaawny@hotmail.com.
Farhan KhandwallaBloor Pain Specialists, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Scott McGilvraySunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ognjen VisnjevacMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
McMaster University · CADartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USMount Sinai Hospital · CANorthern Light Mercy Hospital · USSt. George's University · GDSunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAUnity Health TorontoUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe goal of this clinical review was to provide an update about the existing treatment options and associated evidence for various radiofrequency ablation techniques for sacroiliac joint pain. An electronic literature search on radiofrequency for the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain was conducted using PubMed, NCBI and Google Scholar. The following search keywords were used: radiofrequency ablation (cooled, pulsed, conventional, bipolar, intra-articular), sacroiliac joint and sacroiliac pain. The search was limited to human subjects, English language and articles with available full text. The bibliographic sections of all manuscripts were further searched for additional relevant citations. The full text of the relevant articles was reviewed by all the authors. RECENT

findingsOur study showed that radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective treatment option that can be utilized to manage sacroiliac joint pain. It offers accessibility to the primary care physician, reduces office visits with "pain" as the primary complaint and provides the added benefit of acting as a non-opioid sparing means of analgesia.

Indexed as

Radiofrequency AblationSacroiliac JointAnalgesics, OpioidArthralgiaHumansPain ManagementPelvic PainAnalgesics, OpioidOntarioPainPain managementPulsed radiofrequency treatmentRadiofrequency ablationSacroiliac joint

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PMID36178572
OpenAlexW4298087343

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