List of works - Frank DeFalco

A modified approach to grading of evidence

scientific article published on May 2014

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part 2--guidance

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part I--evidence assessment

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

An Update of the Systematic Appraisal of the Accuracy and Utility of Discography in Chronic Spinal Pain

An international characterisation of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and a comparison with those previously hospitalised with influenza

scientific article published on 26 April 2020

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part I: introduction and general considerations

scientific article published on April 2013

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations

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An update of the appraisal of the accuracy and utility of cervical discography in chronic neck pain

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

An update of the systematic assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks.

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An updated assessment of utilization of interventional pain management techniques in the Medicare population: 2000 - 2013.

scientific article published on March 2015

An updated review of automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc

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Assessment of bleeding risk of interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of practice patterns and perioperative management of anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy

scientific article published on April 2013

Assessment of infection control practices for interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of safe injection practices and use of single-dose medication vials

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Assessment of methodologic quality of randomized trials of interventional techniques: development of an interventional pain management specific instrument

scientific article published on May 2014

Assessment of the growth of epidural injections in the medicare population from 2000 to 2011.

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Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc: a systematic assessment of evidence

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Baseline phenotype and 30-day outcomes of people tested for COVID-19: an international network cohort including >3.32 million people tested with real-time PCR and >219,000 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea, Spain and the United States

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Cervical radicular pain: the role of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural injections

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Characterizing treatment pathways at scale using the OHDSI network

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Comparison of the efficacy of caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural injections in managing lumbar disc herniation: is one method superior to the other?

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Comparison of the efficacy of saline, local anesthetics, and steroids in epidural and facet joint injections for the management of spinal pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain.

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Comprehensive review of neurophysiologic basis and diagnostic interventions in managing chronic spinal pain.

scientific article published on July 2009

Cost utility analysis of caudal epidural injections in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, axial or discogenic low back pain, central spinal stenosis, and post lumbar surgery syndrome

Declining value of work of interventional pain physicians

scientific article published on January 2014

Deep phenotyping of 34,128 adult patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in an international network study

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Development of an interventional pain management specific instrument for methodologic quality assessment of nonrandomized studies of interventional techniques

scientific article published on May 2014

Do Epidural Injections Provide Short- and Long-term Relief for Lumbar Disc Herniation? A Systematic Review

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Elusive "Doc Fix": Groundhog Day 2015 for sustainable growth rate (SGR).

scientific article published on March 2015

Epidemiology of low back pain in adults

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Epidural steroid injections safety recommendations by the Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW): more regulations without evidence or clarification

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Epidural steroid warning controversy still dogging FDA.

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Evaluation of effect on nonsteroid epidural injections

scientific article published on 01 May 2014

Evidence-based guidelines improperly assessed epidural injections

scientific article published on 01 June 2014

Facts, fallacies, and politics of comparative effectiveness research: Part 2 - implications for interventional pain management.

scientific article published on January 2010

Facts, fallacies, and politics of comparative effectiveness research: Part I. Basic considerations.

scientific article published on January 2010

First, do no harm by adopting evidence-based policy initiatives: the overselling of ICD-10 by congress with high expectations

scientific article published on March 2015

Growth of spinal interventional pain management techniques: analysis of utilization trends and Medicare expenditures 2000 to 2008.

scientific article published in January 2013

Guidelines warfare over interventional techniques: is there a lack of discourse or straw man?

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections are superior to caudal epidural injections in managing lumbar central spinal stenosis.

scientific article published on November 2014

Management of lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint pain

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Metamorphosis of medicine in the United States: is information technology a white knight or killer whale?

scientific article published in November 2014

Necessity and implications of ICD-10: facts and fallacies

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Necessity and implications of ICD-10: facts and fallacies.

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Opioid prescribing

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Opioids in chronic noncancer pain: have we reached a boiling point yet?

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Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: an update of current evidence

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Physician payment outlook for 2012: déjà vu.

scientific article published in January 2012

Proposed physician payment schedule for 2013: guarded prognosis for interventional pain management

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Ready or not! Here comes ICD-10 ⬇️

scientific article published on October 24, 2011

Recommendations of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) on the Health Care Delivery System: the impact on interventional pain management in 2014 and beyond.

scientific article published on September 2013

Regarding: Udeh BL, et al. The 2-year Cost-effectiveness of 3 Options to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients. Pain Pract 2014 Jan 3 [epub ahead of print]

scientific article published on 12 August 2014

The Independent Payment Advisory Board

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

The disastrous but preventable consequences of ICD-10

The effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity pain

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

The impact of comparative effectiveness research on interventional pain management: evolution from Medicare Modernization Act to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

The tragedy of the sustained growth rate formula continues into 2014: is there hope for repeal?

scientific article published on January 2014

Utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the Medicare population: analysis of growth patterns from 2000 to 2011

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Value-based interventional pain management: a review of medicare national and local coverage determination policies

scientific article published on May 2013

Zohydro approval by food and drug administration: controversial or frightening?

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List of works by Frank DeFalco

A modified approach to grading of evidence

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part 2--guidance

American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain: Part I--evidence assessment

An Update of the Systematic Appraisal of the Accuracy and Utility of Discography in Chronic Spinal Pain

An international characterisation of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and a comparison with those previously hospitalised with influenza

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part I: introduction and general considerations

An update of comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in chronic spinal pain. Part II: guidance and recommendations

An update of the appraisal of the accuracy and utility of cervical discography in chronic neck pain

An update of the systematic assessment of the diagnostic accuracy of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks.

An updated assessment of utilization of interventional pain management techniques in the Medicare population: 2000 - 2013.

An updated review of automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc

Assessment of bleeding risk of interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of practice patterns and perioperative management of anticoagulant and antithrombotic therapy

Assessment of infection control practices for interventional techniques: a best evidence synthesis of safe injection practices and use of single-dose medication vials

Assessment of methodologic quality of randomized trials of interventional techniques: development of an interventional pain management specific instrument

Assessment of the growth of epidural injections in the medicare population from 2000 to 2011.

Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy for the contained herniated lumbar disc: a systematic assessment of evidence

Baseline phenotype and 30-day outcomes of people tested for COVID-19: an international network cohort including >3.32 million people tested with real-time PCR and >219,000 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea, Spain and the United States

Cervical radicular pain: the role of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural injections

Characterizing treatment pathways at scale using the OHDSI network

Comparison of the efficacy of caudal, interlaminar, and transforaminal epidural injections in managing lumbar disc herniation: is one method superior to the other?

Comparison of the efficacy of saline, local anesthetics, and steroids in epidural and facet joint injections for the management of spinal pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Comprehensive evidence-based guidelines for interventional techniques in the management of chronic spinal pain.

Comprehensive review of neurophysiologic basis and diagnostic interventions in managing chronic spinal pain.

Cost utility analysis of caudal epidural injections in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, axial or discogenic low back pain, central spinal stenosis, and post lumbar surgery syndrome

Declining value of work of interventional pain physicians

Deep phenotyping of 34,128 adult patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in an international network study

Development of an interventional pain management specific instrument for methodologic quality assessment of nonrandomized studies of interventional techniques

Do Epidural Injections Provide Short- and Long-term Relief for Lumbar Disc Herniation? A Systematic Review

Elusive "Doc Fix": Groundhog Day 2015 for sustainable growth rate (SGR).

Epidemiology of low back pain in adults

Epidural steroid injections safety recommendations by the Multi-Society Pain Workgroup (MPW): more regulations without evidence or clarification

Epidural steroid warning controversy still dogging FDA.

Evaluation of effect on nonsteroid epidural injections

Evidence-based guidelines improperly assessed epidural injections

Facts, fallacies, and politics of comparative effectiveness research: Part 2 - implications for interventional pain management.

Facts, fallacies, and politics of comparative effectiveness research: Part I. Basic considerations.

First, do no harm by adopting evidence-based policy initiatives: the overselling of ICD-10 by congress with high expectations

Growth of spinal interventional pain management techniques: analysis of utilization trends and Medicare expenditures 2000 to 2008.

Guidelines warfare over interventional techniques: is there a lack of discourse or straw man?

Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections are superior to caudal epidural injections in managing lumbar central spinal stenosis.

Management of lumbar zygapophysial (facet) joint pain

Metamorphosis of medicine in the United States: is information technology a white knight or killer whale?

Necessity and implications of ICD-10: facts and fallacies

Necessity and implications of ICD-10: facts and fallacies.

Opioid prescribing

Opioids in chronic noncancer pain: have we reached a boiling point yet?

Percutaneous lumbar laser disc decompression: an update of current evidence

Physician payment outlook for 2012: déjà vu.

Proposed physician payment schedule for 2013: guarded prognosis for interventional pain management

Ready or not! Here comes ICD-10 ⬇️

Recommendations of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) on the Health Care Delivery System: the impact on interventional pain management in 2014 and beyond.

Regarding: Udeh BL, et al. The 2-year Cost-effectiveness of 3 Options to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients. Pain Pract 2014 Jan 3 [epub ahead of print]

The Independent Payment Advisory Board

The disastrous but preventable consequences of ICD-10

The effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity pain

The impact of comparative effectiveness research on interventional pain management: evolution from Medicare Modernization Act to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

The tragedy of the sustained growth rate formula continues into 2014: is there hope for repeal?

Utilization of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the Medicare population: analysis of growth patterns from 2000 to 2011

Value-based interventional pain management: a review of medicare national and local coverage determination policies

Zohydro approval by food and drug administration: controversial or frightening?