ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <title>Pain Conference, WIP 2009 - Poster Presentations</title> <style> body { background-color:#eaf1f7; margin:0px; } h1 { font-family:Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16px; font-weight:bold; color: #cb181c; } h2 { font-family:Verdana, Arial; font-size: 14px; font-weight:bold; color: #c52e23; } table { border-right:10px solid #edeef2; border-left:10px solid #edeef2; background-color:white; } td { font-family:Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight:normal; color: #333333; } .content { padding:10px; } </style> </head> <body> <table width="750" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img src="http://www2.kenes.com/wip/publishingimages/top_hp.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="content"><h1>Poster Presentations</h1> <P><b><u>Saturday, March 14, 2009</u></b></P><H2>Treatment Approaches: Interventional:<br /></H2><p> <a href='Abstract175.htm'><b>SUBDURAL HYGROMAS; A COMPLICATION OF INTRATHECAL CATHETER IMPLANTATION: A CASE REPORT</b></a><br> <b>R. Ali</b>, M. Therattil<br> <em>Montefiore Medical Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bronx, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract176.htm'><b>INTRA-ARTICULAR PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY OF THE ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT FOR CERVICAL ARTHROGENIC PAIN</b></a><br> <b>S. Balogh</b><sup>1</sup>, P. Schianchi<sup>2</sup>, M. Sluijter<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>St. Anna Clinic, Department of Neurosurgery, Lugano, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract177.htm'><b>COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY OF THE THORACIC MEDIAL BRANCHES FOR TREATMENT OF ZYGAPOPHYSIAL JOINT PAIN: A FEASIBILITY STUDY</b></a><br> M. Gofeld<sup>1</sup>, <b>A. Bhatia</b><sup>2</sup>, A. Lefler<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Pain Management Program, Toronto, Canada, <sup>2</sup>Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto, Canada, <sup>3</sup>Baylis Medical, Research and Development, Mississauga, Canada</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract178.htm'><b>EARLY EXPERIENCE USING LATERAL BRANCH DENERVATION WITH COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY FOR SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN</b></a><br> <b>A. Cooper</b><br> <em>Causeway Hospital, Pain Relief Clinic, Coleraine, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract179.htm'><b>VIRTUAL SIMULATION REDUCES THE TEACHING-CURVE OF SYMPATHETIC LUMBAR BLOCKADE PERFORMANCE</b></a><br> <b>U. Guevara-Lopez</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Covarrubias-Gomez<sup>2</sup>, G. Domínguez-Cherit<sup>3</sup>, D. Borunda-Nava<sup>4</sup>, L. Martínez-Lievano<sup>4</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad (UMAE)  Dr. Victorio de la Fuente Narváez , Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Dirección de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Mexico City, Mexico, <sup>2</sup>Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Departamento de Medicina del Dolor y Paliativa, Mexico City, Mexico, <sup>3</sup>Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Dirección de Medicina Crítica, Mexico City, Mexico, <sup>4</sup>Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Centro para el Desarrollo de Destrezas Médicas, Mexico City, Mexico</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract180.htm'><b>PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY (PRF) IN THE TREATMENT OF NOCICEPTIVE, NEUROPATHIC, AND MIXED PAIN - A CLINICAL REPORT ON 178 CASES</b></a><br> <b>C. Reverberi</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Dario<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Pain Therapy Centre,  Oglio - Po Hospital , Cremona, Italy, Vicomoscano, Cremona, Italy, <sup>2</sup>Varese Regional Hospital, Neurosurgical Clinic, Varese, Italy</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract181.htm'><b>PILOT STUDY - A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NEUROLYTIC CT GUIDED TRANSAORTIC CELIAC PLEXUS AND ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRANSABDOMINAL CELIAC PLEXUS BLOCK</b></a><br> <b>S. Diwan</b><br> <em>Private, Anesthesiology, Miraj, India</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract182.htm'><b>EXPLANTATION OF INTRATHECAL PUMP IN PATIENT WITH AUTOIMMUNE CONDITION</b></a><br> <b>S. Diwan</b><sup>1</sup>, K. Bruno<sup>2</sup>, S. Shah<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Weill Cornell Medical College, Anesthesiology - Pain Medicine, New York, United States, <sup>2</sup>Weill Cornell Medical College, Pain Medicine, New York, United States, <sup>3</sup>Weill Cornell Medical College, Anesthesiology, New York, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract183.htm'><b>CT-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS CORDOTOMY FOR CANCER PAIN RELIEF</b></a><br> I. Yegul, <b>E. Erhan</b><br> <em>Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Departmant of Algology, Izmir, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract184.htm'><b>PASH-CATH FOR SPINAL PAIN</b></a><br> <b>I. Yegul</b>, E. Erhan<br> <em>Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Departmant of Algology, Izmir, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract185.htm'><b>SPINAL CORD STIMULATION (SCS) USING PERCUTANEOUS LEADS FOR INTRACTABLE MID-THORAIC LATERAL CHEST PAIN AFTER EXCISION OF INTERCOSTAL NERVES</b></a><br> <b>L. Frank</b><br> <em>Schmerzzentrum Zofingen, Zofingen, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract186.htm'><b>LONG TERM OUTCOME OF NERVE BLOCKS WITH ALCHOHOL ON PRIMARY TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA</b></a><br> <b>M. Fukusaki</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Takada<sup>1</sup>, M. Miyako<sup>1</sup>, Y. Terao<sup>1</sup>, K. Sumikawa<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Nagasaki Rosai Hospital, Anesthesia, Sasebo, Japan, <sup>2</sup>Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology, Nagasaki, Japan</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract187.htm'><b>RARE COMPLICATIONS DURING INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT</b></a><br> <b>R. Gupta</b>, A. Singh<br> <em>Sri Guru Ram Das Institue of Medical Sciences & Research, Anaesthesiology, Amritsar, India</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract188.htm'><b>INTRAVASCULAR FLOW PATTERNS IN TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL INJECTIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CERVICAL AND LUMBAR VERTEBRAL SEGMENTS</b></a><br> <b>K.R. Han</b><sup>1</sup>, C. Kim<sup>2</sup>, D.W. Kim<sup>2</sup>, Y.J. Chae<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Republic of, <sup>2</sup>Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, Korea, Republic of</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract189.htm'><b>INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL PAIN - A SURVEY OF CURRENT PRACTICE IN THE UK</b></a><br> W. Rea, <b>D. Hanu-Cernat</b><br> <em>University Hospital Birmingham, Department of Anaesthesia, Birmingham, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract190.htm'><b> TYPE OF INTERVENTIONAL PAIN PROCEDURE, BODY WEIGHT AND PRESENCE OF SPINAL PATHOLOGY ARE DETERMINANTS OF THE LEVEL OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FOR FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED PAIN PROCEDURES</b></a><br> <b>D. Hanu-Cernat</b><sup>1</sup>, R. Duarte<sup>2</sup>, J. Raphael<sup>2</sup>, H. Mutagi<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, <sup>2</sup>Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom, <sup>3</sup>Dudley Group of Hospitals, Dudley, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract191.htm'><b>MUSCLES AS A TREATABLE PAIN SOURCE IN PATIENTS WITH FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME</b></a><br> <b>C. Hunter</b><sup>1</sup>, N. Marcus<sup>2</sup>, M. Shehebar<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>NYU Langone Medical Center, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New York, United States, <sup>2</sup>Marcus Pain Institute, New York, United States, <sup>3</sup>George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract192.htm'><b>LUMBOSACRAL ROOTS RADIOFREQUENCY WITH RACZ CATHETER. A NEW APPROACH IN SELECTED PATIENTS WITH ARTHRODESIS OR ANATOMICAL DEFORMITIES</b></a><br> <b>J. Insausti</b><sup>1</sup>, E. Uriarte<sup>1</sup>, A. García-Rueda<sup>1</sup>, E. Reig<sup>2</sup>, D. Abejon<sup>3</sup>, C. Del Pozo<sup>4</sup>, C. Perez<sup>5</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Severo Ochoa Hospital, Pain Clinic, Leganes, Spain, <sup>2</sup>Madrid Pain Clinic, Madrid, Spain, <sup>3</sup>Puerta de Hierro Hospial, Pain Clinic, Madrid, Spain, <sup>4</sup>Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Madrid, Spain, <sup>5</sup>Princesa Hospital, Pain Clinic, Madrid, Spain</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract193.htm'><b>OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF ANTERIOR-POSTERIOR SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF LOW GRADE LUMBAR ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS THROUGH STANDARDIZED SURVEYS</b></a><br> <b>J. Kamerlink</b>, M. Quirno, J. Goldstein, J. Spivak, J. Bendo, T. Errico<br> <em>NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract194.htm'><b>LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME OF COFLEX™ INTERLAMINAR-INTERSPINOUS DEVICE</b></a><br> T. Errico<sup>1</sup>, <b>J. Kamerlink</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Quirno<sup>1</sup>, J. Samani<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, United States, <sup>2</sup>Chirurgie Orthopedique, Orthopaedic Surgery, Lyon, France</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract195.htm'><b>LONG-TERM DEVICE RELATED ISSUES OF COFLEX™ INTERLAMINAR-INTERSPINOUS DEVICE</b></a><br> T. Errico<sup>1</sup>, <b>J. Kamerlink</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Quirno<sup>1</sup>, J. Samani<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>NYU-Hospital for Joint Diseases, Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, United States, <sup>2</sup>Chirurgie Orthopedique, Orthopaedic Surgery, Lyon, France</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract196.htm'><b>UPPER AND MID- THORACIC VERTEBROPLASTY BY UNILATERAL APPROACH UNDER GUIDANCE OF COMBINED CT AND C-ARM FLUOROSCOPY</b></a><br> <b>H. Kim</b><sup>1</sup>, S.H. Lee<sup>2</sup>, J.S. Jang<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Seoul Wooridul Spine Hospital, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, <sup>2</sup>Seoul Wooridul Spine Hospital, Neurosurgery, Seoul, Korea, Republic of</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract197.htm'><b>PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY DORSAL ROOT GANGLION LESIONING IN PATIENTS WITH HERNIATED LUMBAR DISCS WITH RADICULAR PAIN</b></a><br> <b>K. Kothari</b><br> <em>Pain Clinic Of India, Pain Management, Mumbai, India</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract198.htm'><b>THE EFFICACY OF 0NTRAARTICULAR SODIUM HYLURONATE ON PAIN AND FUNCTION IN SHORT TIME IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS</b></a><br> <b>H. Koyuncu</b>, A. Kaparov, S.S. Karamehmetoglu<br> <em>Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty,Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract199.htm'><b>OZONE DISCECTOMY (OZONUCLEOLYSIS) FOR ACUTE LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION WITH RADICULOPATHY. A TWO YEAR FOLLOW UP STUDY FROM INDIAN AND SPANISH CENTRES</b></a><br> V. Kumar Fipp<sup>1</sup>, <b>H. Gupta</b><sup>2</sup>, J. Baeza Noci<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Doctor Kares Hospital at Kumar Medical Park & Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India, <sup>2</sup>Doctor Kares Hospital at Kumar Medical Park, New Delhi, India, <sup>3</sup>Unidad de Tratamiento Percutanoe de Patologia Vertebral Hospital Virgen del Consuelo, Valencia, Spain</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract200.htm'><b>EPIDUROSCOPY ASSISTED BY ULTRASONOGRAPHY - ENDOSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SPINAL CORD</b></a><br> <b>T. Lang</b><sup>1</sup>, G. Schuetze<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Medical University of Vienna, Department of Anaesthesia, General Intensive Care and Pain Control, Vienna, Austria, <sup>2</sup>Pain Clinic Iserlohn, Marienhospital Letmathe, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Iserlohn, Germany</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract201.htm'><b>AN ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUE TO THE PIRIFORMIS INJECTION</b></a><br> <b>R. Justiz</b>, L. Lazott<br> <em>Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Lubbock, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract202.htm'><b>SONICATION OF REMOVED INTRATHECAL CATHETERS AND PUMPS FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION</b></a><br> <b>L.M. Macrea</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Trampuz<sup>2</sup>, Y. Achermann<sup>3</sup>, W. Schleinzer<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Center, Institute of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>University Hospital Basel, Infectious Diseases, Basel, Switzerland, <sup>3</sup>Zuger Kantonsspital, Zug, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract203.htm'><b>USE OF FLAT DETECTORS IN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT</b></a><br> <b>L.M. Macrea</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Cahana<sup>2</sup>, L. Robert<sup>3</sup>, O. Brina<sup>4</sup>, D.A. Rüfenacht<sup>5</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Center, Institute of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle, United States, <sup>3</sup>Geneva University Hospitals, Division of Anesthesiology, Department APSIC Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Surgical Intensive Care, Geneva, Switzerland, <sup>4</sup>Geneva University Hospitals, Departement of Radiology, Geneva, Switzerland, <sup>5</sup>Neuro Center - Neuroradiology, Hirslanden Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract204.htm'><b>A THREE-NEEDLE TECHNIQUE FOR SACRO-ILIAC JOINT DENERVATION</b></a><br> <b>F. Masir</b>, L. Dick, K. Vissers<br> <em>Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Nijmegen, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract205.htm'><b>INTRATHECAL PUMP DELIVERY SYSTEM CAN BE USED AS A RESERVOIR, FOR INTERMITTENT IV LIDOCAINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC FLANK PAIN</b></a><br> <b>P. Mavrocordatos</b><sup>1</sup>, D. Skouvaklis<sup>2</sup>, S. Toussignant<sup>2</sup>, M. Colomb<sup>2</sup>, M. Duplan<sup>2</sup>, C. Robert-Briaumont<sup>2</sup>, C. Ancey<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Geneva University and Cecil Clinic Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>Cecil Clinic, Pain Management and Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract206.htm'><b>PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENT IN MANAGEMENT OF NEUROPATHIC CANCER PAIN</b></a><br> <b>V. Mehta</b>, A. Pandit<br> <em>St Bartholomew's Hospital, Pain and Anaesthesia Research Centre, London, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract207.htm'><b>THE INCIDENCE OF INTRAVASCULAR PENETRATION DURING TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBOSACRAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS</b></a><br> <b>B. Mitchell</b>, D. Vivian, P. Verrills, G. Nowesenitz, C. Sinclair, A. Barnard<br> <em>Metro Spinal Clinic, Caulfield South, Australia</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract208.htm'><b>PERCUTANEOUS SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO POST-RADIATION FACIAL PAIN</b></a><br> <b>H. Nguyen</b>, V.T. Malhotra, A. Gulati<br> <em>Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Anesthesiology, New York, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract209.htm'><b>CHANGES IN MRI FINDINGS AMONG PATIENTS WITH EXTRUSION-TYPE LUMBAR DISC HERNIA BY THE VOLUME CONTROLLED DISC INJECTION</b></a><br> <b>K. Nitta</b><sup>1</sup>, S. Fukui<sup>1</sup>, N. Iwashita<sup>1</sup>, N. Anzawa<sup>1</sup>, H. Tomie<sup>1</sup>, J. Takeuchi<sup>1</sup>, M. Nakanishi<sup>1</sup>, S. Nosaka<sup>2</sup>, T. Matsumoto<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Pain Management Clinic, Otsu, Japan, <sup>2</sup>Shiga University of Medical Science, Anesthesiology, Otsu, Japan, <sup>3</sup>Matsumoto Pain Clinic, Otsu, Japan</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract210.htm'><b>THE INTEGRATED NERVE BLOCK: BRIDGING THE GAP</b></a><br> <b>R. Odell</b><sup>1</sup>, J. Woessner<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>New Vision Pain Management, Las Vegas, United States, <sup>2</sup>None, Honolulu, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract211.htm'><b>PULSE RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOCOAGULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF COCCYDYNIA</b></a><br> <b>E. Kurt</b>, A. Ergin, S. Deniz, Ö. Yanarates, A. Sizlan, M. Özhan<br> <em>Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract212.htm'><b>LUMBAR SYMPATHETIC GANGLION BLOCKAGE WITH PULSE RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOCOAGULATION FOR COLD INJURY AT THE TOES</b></a><br> <b>E. Kurt</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Ergin<sup>1</sup>, M. Eski<sup>2</sup>, S. Deniz<sup>1</sup>, H. Ay<sup>3</sup>, M. Özhan<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara, Turkey, <sup>2</sup>Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara, Turkey, <sup>3</sup>Gülhane Military Medical Faculty, Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine, Ankara, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract213.htm'><b>EFFICACY OF GANGLION IMPAR RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOCOAGULATION WITH CURVED NEEDLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COCCYDYNIA</b></a><br> <b>H.J. Park</b>, D.E. Moon<br> <em>School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract214.htm'><b>CT-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS REMOVAL OF LUMBAR SYNOVIAL CYST</b></a><br> <b>J. Park</b><br> <em>Daegu Wooridul Spine Hospital, Pain Management, Daegu, Korea, Republic of</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract215.htm'><b>A NEW APPROACH TO LUMBOSACRAL ROOTS RADIOFREQUENCY: A BIPOLAR TECHNIQUE</b></a><br> <b>C. Pérez Hernández</b><sup>1</sup>, F. González<sup>1</sup>, M. Fernández Vaquero<sup>2</sup>, N. Sánchez Martínez<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Pain Unit, Madrid, Spain, <sup>2</sup>Hospital Central de la Defensa, Madrid, Spain</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract216.htm'><b>EFFECT OF STRONTIUM RANELATE ON VERTEBRAL PAIN SYNDROME IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH SYSTEMIC OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT</b></a><br> <b>V. Povoroznyuk</b>, N. Dzerovych, T. Orlyk<br> <em>Institute of Gerontology AMS Ukraine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Pathology of Locomotor Apparatus, Kyiv, Ukraine</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract217.htm'><b>DUAL ELECTRODE RADIOFREQUENCY OF THE GASSARIAN GANGLION SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH TRIGIMINAL NEURALGIA (TN) WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY NON-RESPONSIVE TO TREATMENT </b></a><br> <b>O.J.J.M. Rohof</b><br> <em>Maasland Hospital, Pain, Sittard, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract218.htm'><b>PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY LIVING AFTER KYPHOPLASTY</b></a><br> <b>C. Savvidou</b><sup>1</sup>, P. Zoumboulis<sup>2</sup>, S. Chatziioannou<sup>3</sup>, S. Pneumaticos<sup>4</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Second Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, <sup>2</sup>Orthopaedic Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece, <sup>3</sup>Second Radiology Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, <sup>4</sup>Third Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract219.htm'><b>PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY FOR LUMBOSACRAL RADICULAR PAIN</b></a><br> <b>P. Schianchi</b><sup>1</sup>, S. Balogh<sup>2</sup>, M. Sluijter<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>S. Anna Clinic, Neurosrgery and Pain Therapy, Lugano, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Pain Clinic, Nottwil, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract220.htm'><b>THE PERCUTANEOUS NON ENDOSCOPIC LASER DISCUSDECOMPRESSION - A STATEMENT AFTER TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE DIODENLASER 940 NM</b></a><br> <b>R. Schneiderhan</b><br> <em>Orthopaedic Surgeon, Pain Therapy- MVZ Practice Clinic Dr. Schneiderhan, Orthopaedics, Munich, Germany</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract221.htm'><b> OUTCOMES STUDY: SOFT TISSUE SURGERY FOR TREATMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC HEADACHES (WHIPLASH ASSOCIATED DISORDERS) WITH PHOTOPHOBIA</b></a><br> <b>A. Nystrom</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Klemke<sup>2</sup>, D. Schwarz<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Omaha, United States, <sup>2</sup>Elkhorn Ridge Vision, Omaha, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract222.htm'><b>RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF THE GANGLION OF IMPAR AND GENITOFEMORAL NERVE FOR CHRONIC PHANTOM GENITAL PAIN AFTER FOURNIER'S GANGRENE: A CASE REPORT</b></a><br> <b>N. Shaparin</b>, E. Perez, A. Kaufman<br> <em>UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School, Division of Pain Management/Department of Anesthesiology, Newark, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract223.htm'><b>THE MECHANISM OF PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY - IS IT ALL NEURAL?</b></a><br> <b>A. Teixeira</b><sup>1</sup>, M. Sluijter<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Clinica de Dor, Pain Treatment, Porto, Portugal, <sup>2</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Center, Institue for Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract224.htm'><b>BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULSED RADIOFREQUENCY FIELDS</b></a><br> <b>M. Sluijter</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Teixeira<sup>2</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Swiss Paraplegic Center, Institute for Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nottwil, Switzerland, <sup>2</sup>Clinica de Dor, Porto, Portugal</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract225.htm'><b>AN ALTERNATIVE AUGMENTED APPROACH TO SACROILIAC JOINT DENNERVATION</b></a><br> <b>M. Stretanski</b><br> <em>Interventional Spine & Pain Rehabilitation, Mansfield, United States</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract226.htm'><b>RESULTS OF TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH AN EXTRUDED DISC HERNIATION</b></a><br> <b>M. Taskaynatan</b>, K. Tezel, A. Ozgul, B. Balaban, K. Dincer<br> <em>Gulhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract227.htm'><b>SACROILIAC JOINT AS A PAIN GENERATOR IN PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR DISC HERN1AT1ON</b></a><br> <b>K. Tezel</b>, M. Taskaynatan, A. Ozgul, B. Balaban, K. Dincer<br> <em>Gulhane Military Medical Academy and School of Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract228.htm'><b>OPTICAL NEURONAVIGATION ASSISTED PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY TREATMENTOF THE GANGLION GASSERI (SWEET) FOR TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA</b></a><br> <b>A.J.W. Teunissen</b>, A.A. van Maris, L.B. Verbrugge<br> <em>Maasstad Ziekenhuis, Anesthesiology, Rotterdam, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract229.htm'><b>A RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF ALL PATIENTS UNDERGOING SUPRASCAPULAR PULSED RADIO-FREQUENCY TREATMENT OVER A 5 MONTH PERIOD AT IMPERIAL NHS TRUST, LONDON</b></a><br> <b>D. Tonucci</b>, M. Nagaratnum<br> <em>Imperial NHS Trust, Department of Pain, London, United Kingdom</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract230.htm'><b>THE ROLE OF RADIOFREQUENCY IN LUMBOSACRAL RADICULAR PAIN</b></a><br> <b>K. Van Boxem</b><sup>1</sup>, J. Van Zundert<sup>2</sup>, M. van Kleef<sup>3</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>Sint Jozefziekenhuis, Bornem and Willebroek, Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Bornem, Belgium, <sup>2</sup>Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Anesthesiology and Multidisciplinary Pain Center, Genk, Belgium, <sup>3</sup>Academic Hospital Maastricht, Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Maastricht, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract231.htm'><b> INTRAARTICULAR ZYGO-APOPHYSEAL JOINT INJECTION OF SODIUM HYALURONATE IN CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE: A CASE REPORT</b></a><br> <b>S. Goossens</b><sup>1</sup>, A. Verhamme<sup>1</sup>, G. Dua<sup>2</sup>, F. Opsomer<sup>1</sup>, B. Bryon<sup>1</sup><br> <em><sup>1</sup>ZNA Middelheim, Anesthesia-Pain Clinic, Antwerp, Belgium, <sup>2</sup>ZNA Middelheim, Neurosurgery, Antwerp, Belgium</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract232.htm'><b>THE INCIDENCE OF INTRAVASCULAR PENETRATION IN MEDIAL BRANCH BLOCKS: CERVICAL, THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINES</b></a><br> <b>P. Verrills</b>, B. Mitchell, D. Vivian, G. Nowesenitz, B. Lovell, C. Sinclair<br> <em>Metro Spinal Clinic, Caufield South, Australia</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract233.htm'><b>INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY (IDET) AND TAGETED DISC DECOMPRESSION (TDD) TO TREAT LUMBAR DISC GENERATED LOW BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA (LDGLBP)</b></a><br> <b>A.C.M. Vervest</b><br> <em>Pain Clinic, Antonius Hospital, Sneek, Netherlands</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract234.htm'><b>EFFECT OF HEAD-UP TILT ON THE HEART-RATE VARIABILITY AFTER STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK</b></a><br> <b>H. Egawa</b>, S. Yamaguchi, T. Otani, T. Kitajima<br> <em>Dokkyo Medical University, Department of Anesthesiology, Mibu, Japan</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract235.htm'><b>THE EFFICACY OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF LUMBER EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY</b></a><br> <b>A. Yousef</b><br> <em>Tanta, Anesthesiology, Tanta, Egypt</em><br> </p> <p> <a href='Abstract236.htm'><b>THE ROLE OF ADDING HYALURONIDASE TO FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED CAUDAL STEROID AND HYPERTONIC SALINE INJECTION IN PATIENTS WITH FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME</b></a><br> <b>A. Yousef</b><br> <em>Tanta, Anesthesiology, Tanta, Egypt</em><br> </p> <a href='index.asp'>Back</a><br> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>