The effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal injection of steroid for the treatment of radicular pain: a comprehensive review of the published data

CC Smith, ZL McCormick, R Mattie, J MacVicar… - Pain …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective To determine the effectiveness of lumbar transforaminal injection of steroid for the
treatment of radicular pain. Design Comprehensive systematic review. Outcome Measures …

Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of painful knee osteoarthritis: current evidence and future directions

A Conger, J Gililland, L Anderson, CE Pelt… - Pain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is increasingly being performed to treat
chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis (KOA). This narrative review provides a concise …

Cervical epidural steroid injection: techniques and evidence

LML House, K Barrette, R Mattie… - Physical Medicine and …, 2018 - pmr.theclinics.com
Neck pain is the fourth leading cause of disability in the United States. The lifetime risk of
developing cervicalgia approaches 50% in the general population. 1, 2 Cervical …

Cooled radiofrequency ablation of the genicular nerves for chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis: six-month outcomes

ZL McCormick, M Korn, R Reddy, A Marcolina… - Pain …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objective. Determine outcomes of cooled radiofrequency ablation (C-RFA) of the genicular
nerves for treatment of chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis (OA). Design. Cross-sectional …

A prospective randomized trial of prognostic genicular nerve blocks to determine the predictive value for the outcome of cooled radiofrequency ablation for chronic …

ZL McCormick, R Reddy, M Korn, D Dayanim… - Pain …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation is an effective
treatment for patients with chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis; however, little is known …

A minimum of 5-year follow-up after lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections in patients with lumbar radicular pain due to intervertebral disc herniation

DJ Kennedy, PZ Zheng, M Smuck, ZL McCormick… - The Spine Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy from an intervertebral
disc herniation are frequently treated by transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESIs) …

Pain location and exacerbating activities associated with treatment success following basivertebral nerve ablation: an aggregated cohort study of multicenter …

ZL McCormick, BP Sperry, BS Boody, JA Hirsch… - Pain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective Develop pain location “maps” and investigate the relationship between low back
pain (LBP)-exacerbating activities and treatment response to basivertebral nerve …

Adverse event rates associated with transforaminal and interlaminar epidural steroid injections: a multi-institutional study

CA El-Yahchouchi, CT Plastaras, TP Maus… - Pain …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. Transforaminal epidural steroid injections (TFESI) have demonstrated efficacy
and effectiveness in treatment of radicular pain. Despite little evidence of …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term function, pain and medication use outcomes of radiofrequency ablation for lumbar facet syndrome

ZL McCormick, B Marshall, J Walker… - … journal of anesthetics …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the medial branch nerves for facet-mediated low
back pain demonstrates clinical benefit for 6–12 months and possibly up to 2 years. This …

Vertebrogenic pain: a paradigm shift in diagnosis and treatment of axial low back pain

A Conger, M Smuck, E Truumees, JC Lotz… - Pain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background In 1966, an article reported that the source of chronic low back pain (CLBP)
could not be identified in 79% of male and 89% of female patients from a general practice …