Reflections on Innovative Interventional Pain-Relieving Procedures: Lessons Learned from Previous Mistakes

Zirong Zhao¹, Thomas M Larkin², Steven P Cohen^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Pain Management Program, Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC.
² Pain Management Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Neurology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Editorial

Zirong Zhao et al. Pain Med. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 1;21(4):655-658.

doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz380.

Zirong Zhao¹, Thomas M Larkin², Steven P Cohen^{3

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¹ Pain Management Program, Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC.
² Pain Management Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Neurology and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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Terminal Sensory Articular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Intractable Shoulder Pain: A Novel Technique and Case Series.
Eckmann MS, Johal J, Bickelhaupt B, McCormick Z, Abdallah RT, Menzies R, Soliman S, Nagpal AS. Eckmann MS, et al. Pain Med. 2020 Apr 1;21(4):868-871. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnz335. Pain Med. 2020. PMID: 31851366 No abstract available.

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