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ArticleInterventional pain medicine2026

Time to standardize: The German Spine Society national clinical guideline on epidural injections.

Stephan Klessinger, Rezvan Ahmadi, Christopher Büttner, Hans-Raimund Casser, Christian Ewelt, Robert Fessl, Holger Koepp, Heike Norda, Hela-F Petereit, Philipp Pieroh and 8 more

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Article in Interventional pain medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Stephan KlessingerNeurochirurgie Biberach, Eichendorffweg 5, 88400, Biberach, Germany.
Rezvan AhmadiMedizinische Fakultät Heidelberg, Klinik für Neurochirurgie, Im Neuenheimer Feld 672, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christopher BüttnerGerman Association for Physiotherapy, Bonner Straße 143, 50968, Cologne, Germany.
Hans-Raimund CasserDRK Schmerz-Zentrum, Auf der Steig 16, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Christian EweltSaint Barbara Hospital Hamm, Academic Hospital of the University of Muenster. Department of Neurosurgery, Am Heessener Wald 1, 59073, Hamm, Germany.
Robert FesslDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Augsburg, Stenglinstraße 2, 86156, Augsburg, Germany.
Holger KoeppWirbelsäulenzentrum, St. Josefs-Hospital, Beethovenstraße 20, 65189, Wiesbaden, Germany.
Heike NordaUVSD SchmerzLOS e.V., Fürsthof 24, 24534, Neumünster, Germany.
Hela-F PetereitPraxis Rechts vom Rhein, Böckingstr. 54-56, 51063, Köln, Germany.
Philipp PierohDepartment of Orthopedic, Trauma, and Plastic Surgery, University of Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Matthias PumbergerCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Heike RittnerLehrstuhl Schmerzmedizin, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Schmerzmedizin, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
Markus SchneiderAlphamed Bamberg, Kärntenstr. 2, 96052, Bamberg, Germany.
Christoph TrummRadiologie Augsburg-Friedberg, Frölichstr. 17, 86150, Augsburg, Germany.
Hayrettin TumaniUniversitätsklinikum Ulm, Neurologische Uniklinik im RKU, Oberer Eselsberg, 45, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Patrick WeidleKrankenhaus Neuwerk, Dünner Str. 214-216, 41066, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Daniel A WeissDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Karsten WiechertRückenzentrum am Michel, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18, 20459, Hamburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID41509726
PMCPMC12775949

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