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Original Articles

• Efficacy of Radiofrequency Procedures for the Treatment of Spinal Pain: A Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials (1 September, 2001)

  Jos W. Geurts, Roelof M. van Wijk, Robert J. Stolker, Gerbrand J. Groen
• Effects of Cerebrospinal Fluid Loss and Epidural Blood Patch on Cerebral Blood Flow in Swine (1 September, 2001)

  André P. Boezaart
• The Formalin Test: Effects of Formalin Concentration and Short-Term Halothane Inhalation (1 September, 2001)

  Taeko Fukuda, Chikako Nishimoto, Yuka Shiga, Hidenori Toyooka
• Effect of Systemic Adenosine on Pain and Secondary Hyperalgesia Associated With the Heat/Capsaicin Sensitization Model in Healthy Volunteers (1 September, 2001)

  Jesper Dirks, Karin L. Petersen, Michael C. Rowbotham, Jørgen B. Dahl
• Success Rate of Unilateral Spinal Anesthesia Is Dependent on Injection Flow (1 September, 2001)

  Dietmar Enk, Thomas Prien, Hugo Van Aken, Norbert Mertes, Jörg Meyer, Thomas Brüssel
• Effect of Impulse Duration on Patients’ Perception of Electrical Stimulation and Block Effectiveness During Axillary Block in Unsedated Ambulatory Patients (1 September, 2001)

  Zbigniew J. Koscielniak-Nielsen, Henrik Rassmussen, Knud Jepsen
• Addition of Fentanyl to Bupivacaine Prolongs Anesthesia and Analgesia in Axillary Brachial Plexus Block (1 September, 2001)

  Deniz Karakaya, Fazlı Büyükgöz, Sibel Barş, Fuat Güldoğuş, Ayla Tür
• Analgesic Effects of Low-Dose Ropivacaine for Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block for Outpatient Shoulder Surgery—A Dose-Finding Study (1 September, 2001)

  Susanne C. Krone, Vincent W.S. Chan, Joan Regan, Philip Peng, Eileen M. Poate, Colin McCartney, Anthony Miniaci
• Epidural Analgesia Compared With Intravenous Morphine Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Postoperative Outcome Measures After Mastectomy With Immediate TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction (1 September, 2001)

  Darin J. Correll, Eugene R. Viscusi, Zvi Grunwald, John H. Moore
• The Effects of Single and Fractionated Doses of Mepivacaine on the Extent of Thoracic Epidural Block (1 September, 2001)

  Toshiyuki Okutomi, Makiko M. Hashiba, Shinichiro Hashiba, Aya Masubuchi, Hisayo O. Morishima
• Effect of Epidural Analgesia on Postoperative Paralytic Ileus in Chronic Schizophrenia (1 September, 2001)

  Akira Kudoh, Hiroshi Katagai, Tomoko Takazawa
• Clonidine Premedication Reduces Maternal Requirement for Intravenous Morphine After Cesarean Delivery Without Affecting Newborn's Outcome (1 September, 2001)

  Fumi Yanagidate, Yoshihiro Hamaya, Shuji Dohi
• Maternal Satisfaction and Pain Control in Women Electing Natural Childbirth (1 September, 2001)

  Suresh Kannan, Robert N. Jamison, Sanjay Datta
• Intrathecal Labor Analgesia With Bupivacaine and Sufentanil: The Effect of Adding 2.25 μg Epinephrine (1 September, 2001)

  Marcel P. Vercauteren, Stefan Jacobs, Yves Jacquemyn, Hugo A. Adriaensen