PUBLICATIONS 2011


Manchikanti, L., Vallejo, R., Manchikanti, K., Benyamin, R., Datta, S., and Christo, P. (2011) Effectiveness of Long-Term Opioid Therapy
for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
.  Pain Physician, March/April 2011; E133-E156.

Manchikanti, L., Ailinani, H., Koyyalagunta, D., Datta, S., Singh, V., Eriator, I., Sehgal, N., Shah, R.,
Benyamin, R., Vallejo, R., Fellows, B.
and Christo, P.
 A Systemic Review of Randomized Trials of Long-Term Opioid Management for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain.  Pain
Physician
, March/April 2011, 14:91-121.

Mekhail, N., Vallejo, R., Coleman, M. H. and Benyamin, R. (2011), Long-Term Results of Percutaneous Lumbar Decompression mild® for
Spinal Stenosis
. Pain Practice 16 JUN 2011; 1533-2500.





PUBLICATIONS 2010

Vallejo R, Benyamin RM. "Vertebral augmentation techniques for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures: A review."
Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management. 2010 July; 14(142):133-141.

Vallejo R, Benyamin RM, Aliaga L. "Radiofrequency vs. pulse radiofrequency: The end of the controversy." Techniques in Regional
Anesthesia & Pain Management
. 2010 July; 14(142):128-132.

Manchikanti L, Cash KA, McManus CD, Pampati V, and
Benyamin RM. "Preliminary Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled
Trial of Fluoroscopic Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injections in Managing Chronic Lumbar Discogenic Pain Without Disc Herniation or
Radiculitis." Pain Physician. 2010 Jul-Aug; 13(4): E279-E292.

Manchikanti L, Datta S, Gupta S, Munglani R, Bryce DA, Ward SP, Benyamin RM, Sharma ML, Helm S, Fellows B, and Hirsch JA.
"A Critical Review of the American Pain Society Clinical Practice Guidelines For Interventional Techniques: Part 2. Therapeutic
Interventions." Pain Physician. 2010 Jul-Aug; 13(4): E215-E264.

Manchikanti L,
Benyamin R, Datta S, Vallejo R, Smith H. "Opioids in chronic noncancer pain." Expert Rev Neurother. 2010 May;10(5):775-
89

Manchikanti L, Datta S, Derby R, Wolfer LR,
Benyamin RM, Hirsch JA. "A Critical Review of the American Pain Society Clinical Practice
Guidelines for Interventional Techniques: Part 1. Diagnostic Interventions." Pain Physician. 2010 May-Jun; 13(3): E141-E174.

Benyamin RM, Datta S, and Falco FJE.  "A Perfect Storm in Interventional Pain Management: Regulated, but Unbalanced."  
Pain Physician. 2010 Mar-Apr; 13(2): 109-116.

Vallejo R, Tilley DM, Vogel L,
Benyamin RM. "The role of glia and the immune system in the development and maintenance of neuropathic
pain." Pain Practice 2010



PUBLICATIONS 2009


"The preliminary results of a comparative effectiveness evaluation of adhesiolysis and caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low
back pain secondary to spinal stenosis: a randomized, equivalence controlled trial." Pain Physician. 2009 Nov-Dec;12(6):E341-54.

"Evidence-based practice of lumbar epidural injections. Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management." Pain Physician 2009
Oct;13(4):281-287.

"Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Interventional Techniques in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain, ASIPP – IPM
Guidelines." Pain Physician. 2009 Jul-Aug;12(4):699-802.

"Comprehensive Review of Therapeutic Interventions in Managing Chronic Spinal Pain. EBM – Guidelines." Pain Physician. 2009 Jul-Aug;
12(4):E123-98.

"Description of Documentation in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain. EBM – Guidelines." Pain Physician. 2009 Jul-Aug;12(4):E199-
224.

"An Algorithmic Approach for Clinical Management of Chronic Spinal Pain. EBM – Guidelines." Pain Physician. 2009 Jul-Aug; 12(4):E225-
64.

"Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc: a systematic assessment of evidence." Pain
Physician
. 2009; 12:601-20

"Systematic review of percutaneous lumbar mechanical disc decompression utilizing Dekompressor." Pain Physician. 2009;12:589-99.

"Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: a systematic review of current evidence." Pain Physician. 2009;12:573-88.

"A systematic review of mechanical lumbar disc decompression with nucleoplasty." Pain Physician. 2009;12:561-72.

"Effectiveness of spinal endoscopic adhesiolysis in post lumbar surgery syndrome: a systematic review." Pain Physician. 2009;12:419-35.

"Citalopram enhances B cell numbers in a murine model of morphine-induced immunosuppression." Pain Practice. 2009;9:195-205.

"Systematic Review of the effectiveness of cervical epidurals in the management of chronic neck pain." Pain Physician. 2009;12:137-157.

"Systematic review of percutaneous adhesiolysis and management of chronic low back pain in post lumbar surgery syndrome." Pain
Physician
. 2009;12:361-78

"Spinal cord stimulation for patients with failed back surgery syndrome: A systematic review." Pain Physician. 2009;12:379-97.

"Systematic review of the effectiveness of thermal annular procedures in treating discogenic low back pain." Pain Physician. 2009;12:207-
32

"Long-term opioid therapy."
Pain Practice. 2009;9:164.

"Evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and guidelines in interventional pain management: Part 3: systematic reviews and meta-
analyses of randomized trials." Pain Physician. 2009;12;35-72.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2008


"Reassessment of evidence synthesis of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management. Health care policy."
Pain Physician
. 2008;11:393-482.

"Corticosteroid induced psychosis in the pain management setting. Case report." Pain Physician. 2008;11:917-20.

"Opioid complications and side effects. Opioid Special Issue." Pain Physician. 2008;11:S105-20.

"Opioids in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: An update of American Society of the Interventional Pain Physicians’ guidelines."
Opioid Special Issue.
Pain Physician. 2008;S5-S62.

"Effectiveness of opioids in the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain." Opioid Special Issue. Pain Physician. 2008;11:S181-200.

"Spinal glial modulation of neuropathic pain using a spared nerve injury model in the mouse."
FASEB J. 2008

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2007


"Incidental diagnosis of intradural lumbar disc herniation during discography: A case report." Pain Practice. 2007;7:332-6.

"Images in Pain Practice: Intradiscal intravasation of contrast during a transforaminal epidural injection." Pain Practice. 2007;7:285-7.

"Systematic review of discography as a diagnostic test for spinal pain: An update." Pain Physician. 2007;10:147-64.

"Images in Pain Practice: Computed tomography-enhanced sphenopalatine ganglion blockade."
Pain Practice. 2007;7:44-6.

"Vertebroplasty." Am Soc Intervent Pain Phys Newsletter. 2007

"Evidence-based practice guidelines in the management of chronic spinal pain." Pain Physician. 2007;10:7-111.

"A case of spinal cord stimulation in Reynaud’s phenomenon: Can subthreshold sensory stimulation have an effect?"
Pain Physician. 2007;
10:473-8.

"Author Response To: Request for additional pertinent information regarding 4 extremity stimulation coverage from C2 spinal cord
stimulation lead placement." Pain Physician. 2007;10

"Neuromodulation of the cervical spinal cord in the treatment of chronic intractable neck and upper extremity pain: A case series and review
of the literature." Pain Physician. 2007;10;305-11.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2006


"Images in Pain Practice: Morphine pump catheter rupture after percutaneous lithotripsy." Pain Practice. 2006;9:289-90.

"Images in Pain Practice: Vertebroplasty." Pain Practice. 2006;6:203-5

"Images in Pain Practice: Disc herniation and clinical radicular disparities." Pain Practice. 2006;6:135-8.

"Pulsed radiofrequency denervation for the treatment of sacroiliac joint syndrome." Pain Medicine. 2006;7:429-34.

"Neuromodulation of the occipital nerve in pain management." Tech Reg Anesth Pain Man. 2006;10:12-15

"Percutaneous cement injection into a created cavity for the treatment of vertebral body fracture: Preliminary results of a new vertebroplasty
technique." Clin J Pain. 2006;22:182-9.

"Epidurales Cervicales, como? donde?, cuando? Y porque? La controversia continua."
Revista de Anestesiologia de Argentina. 2006

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1993-2005


"Vertebroplasty." Tech Reg Anesth Pain Man. April 2005

"Epidural analgesia for cancer patient", J Cancer Pain Symp Pall. 2005;1

"Low back pain." Pain Practice. 2005;5:354-355.

"Neck and Shoulder Pain." Pain Practice. 2005;5:249-50.

"Anterior Cervical Approach for Stellate and T2/T3 Sympathetic Block: A Novel Technique." Pain Practice. 2005;5:244-248.

"Opioid therapy and immune suppression: A Review." Am J Ther. 2004;11:354-65.

"New Technique for Treatment of Vertebral body fracture: Initial experience with the cavity creation system." Pain Medicine. March 2004

"Letter to the editor: Two-handed mask ventilation of the difficult airway by a single individual." Anesthesiology. 1998;88:1134.

"Responses to reversal of neuromuscular blockade after coronary artery bypass surgery." Anesthesiology. 1996;85:A125.

"Is the 'old washboard-like' sign reliable in distinguishing tracheal from esophageal intubation?" Anesthesiology. 1995;83:A1090.

"Sampling errors during use of the Dryden disposable absorber circuit. Can they be prevented?" Anesthesiology. 1994;81:A585.

"Sampling errors in PETCO2 measurements during the use of Dryden disposable CO2 absorber circuit." Anesthesiology. 79:A561, 1993