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List of works by Vidyasagar Pampati

A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Radiculitis

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

A comparative effectiveness evaluation of percutaneous adhesiolysis and epidural steroid injections in managing lumbar post surgery syndrome: a randomized, equivalence controlled trial.

scientific article published on November 2009

A comparative evaluation of illicit drug use in patients with or without controlled substance abuse in interventional pain management

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

A preliminary report of a randomized double-blind, active controlled trial of fluoroscopic thoracic interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic thoracic pain

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

A prospective evaluation of bleeding risk of interventional techniques in chronic pain

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

A prospective evaluation of complications of 10,000 fluoroscopically directed epidural injections

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

A prospective evaluation of psychotherapeutic and illicit drug use in patients presenting with chronic pain at the time of initial evaluation

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

A randomized, double-blind controlled trial of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in central spinal stenosis: 2-year follow-up

scientific article published on January 2015

A randomized, double-blind, active control trial of fluoroscopic cervical interlaminar epidural injections in chronic pain of cervical disc herniation: results of a 2-year follow-up.

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A randomized, double-blind, active-control trial of the effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in disc herniation

scientific article published on January 2014

A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial of fluoroscopic lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in chronic axial or discogenic low back pain: results of 2-year follow-up

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A randomized, prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the effect of sedation on diagnostic validity of cervical facet joint pain.

scientific article published on July 2004

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 Updated Analysis of Utilization of Epidural Procedures in Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population from 2000 to 2018

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

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

scientific article published on March 2015

Analysis of efficacy differences between caudal and lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in chronic lumbar axial discogenic pain: local anesthetic alone vs. local combined with steroids

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Analysis of growth of interventional techniques in managing chronic pain in the Medicare population: a 10-year evaluation from 1997 to 2006.

scientific article published in January 2009

Analysis of the growth of epidural injections and costs in the Medicare population: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data.

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Analysis of utilization patterns of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the Medicare population

scientific article published on July 7, 2012

Are diagnostic lumbar medial branch blocks valid? Results of 2-year follow-up.

scientific article published on April 2003

Assessment of Effectiveness of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis in Managing Chronic Low Back Pain Secondary to Lumbar Central Spinal Canal Stenosis

scientific article published on December 10, 2012

Assessment of Prevalence of Cervical Facet Joint Pain with Diagnostic Cervical Medial Branch Blocks: Analysis Based on Chronic Pain Model

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Assessment of effectiveness of percutaneous adhesiolysis and caudal epidural injections in managing post lumbar surgery syndrome: 2-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on December 20, 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 escalating growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States from 2000 to 2011.

scientific article published in July 2013

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

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Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) Therapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evidence-Based Policy Position Statement of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Cervical Disc Herniation, Post Surgery Syndrome, or Discogenic Pain: Cost Utility Analysis from Randomized Trials

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Cervical epidural injections in chronic discogenic neck pain without disc herniation or radiculitis: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.

scientific article published on July 2010

Chronic low back pain of facet (zygapophysial) joint origin: is there a difference based on involvement of single or multiple spinal regions?

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Comparative Analysis of Utilization of Epidural Procedures in Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population: Pre and Post Affordable Care Act

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Comparative effectiveness of a one-year follow-up of thoracic medial branch blocks in management of chronic thoracic pain: a randomized, double-blind active controlled trial.

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Comparison of effectiveness for fluoroscopic cervical interlaminar epidural injections with or without steroid in cervical post-surgery syndrome

Comparison of psychological status of chronic pain patients and the general population

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

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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Complications of fluoroscopically directed facet joint nerve blocks: a prospective evaluation of 7,500 episodes with 43,000 nerve blocks.

scientific article published in March 2012

Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Facet Joint Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines Facet Joint Interventions 2020 Guidelines

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Controlled substance abuse and illicit drug use in chronic pain patients: An evaluation of multiple variables

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Correlates of non-physiological behavior in patients with chronic low back pain

scientific article published in April 2003

Cost Utility Analysis of Cervical Therapeutic Medial Branch Blocks in Managing Chronic Neck Pain

scientific article published on 15 October 2017

Cost Utility Analysis of Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation, Central Spinal Stenosis, and Axial or Discogenic Low Back Pain

scientific article published on May 2017

Cost Utility Analysis of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis in Managing Pain of Post-lumbar Surgery Syndrome and Lumbar Central Spinal Stenosis

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

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 Utilization Patterns of Percutaneous Adhesiolysis Procedures in the Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare Population

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Declining Utilization and Inflation-Adjusted Expenditures for Epidural Procedures in Chronic Spinal Pain in the Medicare Population

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Description of documentation in the management of chronic spinal pain

scientific article published on July 2009

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 Regenerative Medicine Therapies Provide Long-Term Relief in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Metaanalysis

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Do number of pain conditions influence emotional status?

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Do the gaps in the ligamentum flavum in the cervical spine translate into dural punctures? An analysis of 4,396 fluoroscopic interlaminar epidural injections.

scientific article published on May 2015

Does random urine drug testing reduce illicit drug use in chronic pain patients receiving opioids?

scientific article published in April 2006

Effect of fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural steroid or local anesthetic injections in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation and radiculitis: a randomized, controlled, double blind trial with a two-year follow-up

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Effectiveness of caudal epidural injections in discogram positive and negative chronic low back pain.

scientific article published on January 2002

Effectiveness of cervical medial branch blocks in chronic neck pain: a prospective outcome study.

scientific article published on April 2004

Effectiveness of clinical guidelines in interventional pain management

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Effectiveness of protective measures in reducing risk of radiation exposure in interventional pain management: a prospective evaluation

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Effectiveness of thoracic medial branch blocks in managing chronic pain: a preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind controlled trial

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Efficacy of epidural injections in the treatment of lumbar central spinal stenosis: a systematic review

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Evaluation of Cost-Utility of Thoracic Interlaminar Epidural Injections

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Evaluation of abuse of prescription and illicit drugs in chronic pain patients receiving short-acting (hydrocodone) or long-acting (methadone) opioids

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Evaluation of fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural injections

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Evaluation of influence of gender, occupational injury, and smoking on chronic low back pain of facet joint origin: a subgroup analysis

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Evaluation of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks in managing chronic low back pain: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial with a 2-year follow-up

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Evaluation of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks in the management of chronic low back pain: preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind controlled trial: clinical trial NCT00355914.

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Evaluation of lumbar transforaminal epidural injections with needle placement and contrast flow patterns: a prospective, descriptive report

scientific article published on 01 April 2004

Evaluation of psychological status in chronic low back pain: comparison with general population

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Evaluation of the effectiveness of lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic pain of lumbar disc herniation or radiculitis: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

scientific article published on July 2010

Evaluation of the prevalence of facet joint pain in chronic thoracic pain

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Evaluation of therapeutic thoracic medial branch block effectiveness in chronic thoracic pain: a prospective outcome study with minimum 1-year follow up.

scientific article published on April 2006

Evaluation of variables in illicit drug use: does a controlled substance abuse screening tool identify illicit drug use?

scientific article published in January 2004

Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the Medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data

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Facet joint pain in chronic spinal pain: an evaluation of prevalence and false-positive rate of diagnostic blocks

scientific article published on October 2007

Fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic axial low back pain without disc herniation, radiculitis, or facet joint pain

scientific article published on 12 October 2012

Fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing post lumbar surgery syndrome: two-year results of a randomized, double-blind, active-control trial

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Fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections with or without steroids in managing pain of lumbar spinal stenosis: one-year results of randomized, double-blind, active-controlled trial

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Fluoroscopic cervical epidural injections in chronic axial or disc-related neck pain without disc herniation, facet joint pain, or radiculitis

scientific article published on July 4, 2012

Fluoroscopic cervical interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic pain of cervical postsurgery syndrome: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, active control trial

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Fluoroscopic epidural injections in cervical spinal stenosis: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, active control trial

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Fluoroscopic lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic lumbar axial or discogenic pain

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

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

scientific article published in January 2013

Increasing deaths from opioid analgesics in the United States: an evaluation in an interventional pain management practice.

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Influence of psychological variables on the diagnosis of facet joint involvement in chronic spinal pain.

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Is there correlation of facet joint pain in lumbar and cervical spine? An evaluation of prevalence in combined chronic low back and neck pain

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Low Back Pain and Diagnostic Lumbar Facet Joint Nerve Blocks: Assessment of Prevalence, False-Positive Rates, and a Philosophical Paradigm Shift from an Acute to a Chronic Pain Model

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Lumbar facet joint nerve blocks in managing chronic facet joint pain: one-year follow-up of a randomized, double-blind controlled trial: Clinical Trial NCT00355914.

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

scientific article published on November 2014

Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in central spinal stenosis: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, active control trial

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Management of Chronic Cervical Disc Herniation and Radiculitis with Fluoroscopic Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injections

scientific article published on July 23, 2012

Management of pain of post lumbar surgery syndrome: one-year results of a randomized, double-blind, active controlled trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections

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One day lumbar epidural adhesiolysis and hypertonic saline neurolysis in treatment of chronic low back pain: a randomized, double-blind trial.

scientific article published on April 2004

One-year results of a randomized, double-blind, active controlled trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections with or without steroids in managing chronic discogenic low back pain without disc herniation or radiculitis

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Opioid epidemic in the United States

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Percutaneous adhesiolysis procedures in the medicare population: analysis of utilization and growth patterns from 2000 to 2011.

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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.

scientific article published on July 2010

Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 1--Discogenic pain without disc herniation or radiculitis.

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Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 2--Disc herniation and radiculitis

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Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 3--Post surgery syndrome.

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Preliminary results of a randomized, equivalence trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in managing chronic low back pain: Part 4--Spinal stenosis.

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Prevalence of cervical facet joint pain in chronic neck pain

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Prevalence of facet joint pain in chronic low back pain in postsurgical patients by controlled comparative local anesthetic blocks

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Prevalence of facet joint pain in chronic spinal pain of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions

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Prevalence of illicit drug use among individuals with chronic pain in the Commonwealth of Kentucky: an evaluation of patterns and trends

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Prevalence of illicit drug use in patients without controlled substance abuse in interventional pain management

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Prevalence of prescription drug abuse and dependency in patients with chronic pain in western Kentucky

scientific article published in November 2003

Prevalence of side effects of prolonged low or moderate dose opioid therapy with concomitant benzodiazepine and/or antidepressant therapy in chronic non-cancer pain

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Prospective evaluation of patients with increasing opiate needs: prescription opiate abuse and illicit drug use

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Protocol for accuracy of point of care (POC) or in-office urine drug testing (immunoassay) in chronic pain patients: a prospective analysis of immunoassay and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectometry (LC/MS/MS)

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Protocol for evaluation of the comparative effectiveness of percutaneous adhesiolysis and caudal epidural steroid injections in low back and/or lower extremity pain without post surgery syndrome or spinal stenosis

scientific article published on March 2010

Psychological factors as predictors of opioid abuse and illicit drug use in chronic pain patients

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Radiation exposure to the physician in interventional pain management.

scientific article published in October 2002

Reframing Medicare Physician Payment Policy for 2019: A Look at Proposed Policy

Research designs in interventional pain management: is randomization superior, desirable or essential?

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines

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Results of 2-year follow-up of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of fluoroscopic caudal epidural injections in central spinal stenosis

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Retrospective cohort study of usage patterns of epidural injections for spinal pain in the US fee-for-service Medicare population from 2000 to 2014

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Reversal of Growth of Utilization of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain in Medicare Population Post Affordable Care Act.

scientific article published in November 2017

Risk of whole body radiation exposure and protective measures in fluoroscopically guided interventional techniques: a prospective evaluation

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Screening for controlled substance abuse in interventional pain management settings: evaluation of an assessment tool

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Spinal endoscopic adhesiolysis in the management of chronic low back pain: a preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind trial

scientific article published on July 2003

The Role of Fluoroscopic Interlaminar Epidural Injections in Managing Chronic Pain of Lumbar Disc Herniation or Radiculitis: A Randomized, Double‐Blind Trial

scientific article published on December 27, 2012

The Role of Thoracic Medial Branch Blocks in Managing Chronic Mid and Upper Back Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Control Trial with a 2-Year Followup

scientific article published on July 19, 2012

The effect of sedation on diagnostic validity of facet joint nerve blocks: an evaluation to assess similarities in population with involvement in cervical and lumbar regions (ISRCTNo: 76376497).

scientific article published on January 2006

The effectiveness of fluoroscopic cervical interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic cervical disc herniation and radiculitis: preliminary results of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.

scientific article published on May 2010

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.

scientific article published on November 2009

The prevalence of facet-joint-related chronic neck pain in postsurgical and nonpostsurgical patients: a comparative evaluation

scientific article published in January 2008

The role of placebo and nocebo effects of perioperative administration of sedatives and opioids in interventional pain management

scientific article published on October 2005

Therapeutic cervical medial branch blocks in managing chronic neck pain: a preliminary report of a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial: clinical trial NCT0033272.

scientific article published on October 2006

Therapeutic lumbar facet joint nerve blocks in the treatment of chronic low back pain: cost utility analysis based on a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Therapeutic use, abuse, and nonmedical use of opioids: a ten-year perspective

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Thoracic interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic thoracic pain: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial with a 2-year follow-up

scientific article published on May 2014

Transforaminal epidural injections in chronic lumbar disc herniation: a randomized, double-blind, active-control trial

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Trends of Expenditures and Utilization of Facet Joint Interventions in Fee-For-Service (FFS) Medicare Population from 2009-2018

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Two-year follow-up results of fluoroscopic cervical epidural injections in chronic axial or discogenic neck pain: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

scientific article published on 06 February 2014

Update of Utilization Patterns of Facet Joint Interventions in Managing Spinal Pain from 2000 to 2018 in the US Fee-for-Service Medicare Population

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Update on Reversal and Decline of Growth of Utilization of Interventional Techniques In Managing Chronic Pain in the Medicare Population from 2000 to 2018

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Utilization Patterns of Facet Joint Interventions in Managing Spinal Pain: a Retrospective Cohort Study in the US Fee-for-Service Medicare Population

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Utilization Patterns of Sacroiliac Joint Injections from 2000 to 2018 in Fee-for-Service Medicare Population

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Utilization and growth patterns of sacroiliac joint injections from 2000 to 2011 in the medicare population

scientific article published in July 2013

Utilization of Facet Joint and Sacroiliac Joint Interventions in Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: Explosive Growth Continues!

scientific article published on October 2016

Utilization of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain In Medicare Population from 2000 to 2014: An Analysis of Patterns of Utilization

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Utilization of Vertebral Augmentation Procedures in the USA: a Comparative Analysis in Medicare Fee-for-Service Population Pre- and Post-2009 Trials

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

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