Table of contents

Original Articles

• Radiofrequency lumbar facet denervation: a comparative study of the reproducibility of lesion size after 2 current radiofrequency techniques (1 September, 2004)

  Evert J. Buijs, Roelof M.A.W. van Wijk, Jos W.M. Geurts, Rolf R. Weeseman, Robert J. Stolker, Gerbrand G. Groen
• Bier block with methylprednisolone and lidocaine in CRPS type I: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study (1 September, 2004)

  Mehmet Ali Taskaynatan, Ahmet Ozgul, Arif Kenan Tan, Kemal Dincer, Tunc Alp Kalyon
• The use of magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate the accuracy of a handheld ultrasound machine in localizing the sciatic nerve in the popliteal fossa (1 September, 2004)

  Brian D. Sites, John D. Gallagher, Ivan Tomek, Yvonne Cheung, Michael L. Beach
• Combination of intraneural injection and high injection pressure leads to fascicular injury and neurologic deficits in dogs (1 September, 2004)

  Admir Hadzic, Faruk Dilberovic, Shruti Shah, Amela Kulenovic, Eldan Kapur, Asija Zaciragic, Esad Cosovic, Ilvana Vuckovic, Kucuk-Alija Divanovic, Zakira Mornjakovic, Daniel M. Thys, Alan C. Santos
• Peripheral opioid analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (1 September, 2004)

  Renata Zajaczkowska, Wlodzimierz Wnek, Jerzy Wordliczek, Jan Dobrogowski
• Hearing loss does not occur in young patients undergoing spinal anesthesia (1 September, 2004)

  Gulay Ok, Demet Tok, Koray Erbuyun, Asim Aslan, Idil Tekin
• Neurologic and histopathologic evaluation after high-volume intrathecal amitriptyline (1 September, 2004)

  Yukari Sudoh, Sukumar P. Desai, Anna E. Haderer, Shinji Sudoh, Peter Gerner, Douglas C. Anthony, Umberto De Girolami, Ging Kuo Wang
• Comparison of 0.2% ropivacaine, 0.125% bupivacaine, and 0.25% bupivacaine for duration and magnitude of action in peripheral arterial blood flow induced by sympathetic block in dogs (1 September, 2004)

  Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Shigeki Yamaguchi, Masatomo Tezuka, Yoshiyuki Kimura, Masaru Nagao, Hajime Yamazaki, Shinsuke Hamaguchi
• Intrathecal mepivacaine and prilocaine are less neurotoxic than lidocaine in a rat intrathecal model (1 September, 2004)

  Tamie Takenami, Saburo Yagishita, Yoshihiro Nara, Sumio Hoka