Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Immediate Adverse Events in Interventional Pain Procedures: A Multi-Institutional Study.
Interventional procedures directed toward sources of pain in the axial and appendicular musculoskeletal system are performed with increasing frequency. Despite the presence of evidence-based guidelines for such procedures, there are wide variations in practice. Case reports of serious complications such as spinal cord infarction or infection from spine injections lack appropriate context and create a misleading view of the risks of appropriately performed interventional pain procedures. ⋯ This study demonstrates that interventional pain procedures are safely performed with extremely low immediate adverse event rates when evidence-based guidelines are observed.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Spinal Cord Stimulation Provides Pain Relief with Improved Psychosocial Function: Results from EMP3OWER.
The EMP(3)OWER™ study evaluated spinal cord stimulation (SCS) safety and efficacy and the associated changes in psychosocial and functional outcomes. ⋯ Spinal cord stimulation provided pain relief and significant improvement of patient psychological and functional outcome measures.