Jie Zhu

TL;DR: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for interventional techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic spinal pain are developed to help patients with or without anticoagulant therapy to discontinue or normalize INR.

TL;DR: There is good evidence for the use of conventional radiofrequency neurotomy, and fair to goodEvidence for lumbar facet joint nerve blocks for the treatment of chronic lumbr facet joint pain resulting in short-term and long-term pain relief and functional improvement.

TL;DR: A new comprehensive instrument to assess the methodological quality of randomized trials of interventional techniques is developed which is superior to Cochrane review methodology criteria in that it provides more extensive and specific information for interventional Techniques that will be useful in assessing the methodologic quality and bias of inter conventional techniques.

TL;DR: The use of the PNSCT technique allows for significant analgesia for large painful areas that have been poorly captured using traditional SCS techniques and not considered as an option with the current application of peripheral nerve stimulation.

TL;DR: The evidence is limited for intrathecal infusion systems, and improvement in functional status, psychological status, return to work, and reduction in opioid intake are among the main outcome measures.