American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
Annual Fall Pain Meeting & Workshops
November 7-10, 2002
Pointe Hilton at Squaw Peak
Phoenix Arizona
Numbers listed are abstract numbers

A1 - ANATOMIC VARIATION OF CHAISSANGNAC’S TUBERCLE MEASURED BY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: IMPLICATIONS FOR STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK
Janik, J.E.; Rathmell, J.P.; Hoeft, M.A.
1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

A2 - MORPHOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY LESIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DENERVATION OF THE SACROILIAC JOINT
Pino, C.A.; Hofsess, C.; Hoeft, M.A.; Rathmell, J.P.; Borrello, M. 1. Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

A3 - INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL ANALGESIA WITH CLONIDINE, KETOROLAC, AND LIDOCAINE TO TREAT COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME, TYPE I
Steinberg, R.B.; Manikantan, T.; Reuben, S.S.
1. Anesthesiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

A4 - THE SPREAD OF THE CONTRAST DURING L5 NERVE ROOT INFILTRATION
Vassiliev, D.
1. Anesthesiology, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; 2. Anesthesiology, Ohio Valley
General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

A5 - A NATIONAL SURVEY OF PAIN PHYSICIANS ON THE TECHNIQUE OF CONTINUOUS INTRATHECAL INFUSION TRIAL (CITIT) FOR PERMANENT IMPLANT
Ahmed, S.U.; Chang, Y.; Hord, E.D.
1. Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

A6 - SYNERGISTIC ANTINOCICEPTIVE EFFECT OF IBUPROFEN AND HYDROCODONE IN AN ACUTE PAIN MODEL IN RATS
Lu, Y.1; Laurito, C.1; Yeomans, D.2
1. Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2. Anesthesia, Stanford University , Stanford, CA

A7 - THE MU-OPIOID AGONIST DAMGO SELECTIVELY ATTENUATES NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE FOLLOWING C-FIBER ACTIVATION
Lu, Y.1; Laurito, C.1; Yeomans, D.2 1. Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; 2. Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

A8 - THE ANALGESIC EFFECTS OF MILNACIPRAN ON VISCERAL PAIN IN RATS
Shin, S.1; Eisenach, J.C.1; Rao, S.G.2; Tong, C.1
1. Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University Sch of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; 2. Cypress Bioscience, Inc., San Diego, CA

A9 - BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF PERINEURAL CAPSAICIN APPLICATION IN A RAT MODEL FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN.
Brennan, T.J.; Lee, S.K.; Subieta, A.R.; Kruger, J.
1. Anesthesia, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

A10 - RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ACUTE OPIOID HYPERALGESIA AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN IN RATS
Lavand’homme, P.M.; Docquier, M.
1. Anesthesiology, St Luc Hospital - UCL, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

A11 - THE EFFICACY OF ROFECOXIB VERSUS NAPROXEN IN OSTEOARTHRITIS: SUBGROUP ANALYSIS BY JOINT IN THE ADVANTAGE TRIAL
Geba, G.P.1; Lisse, J.R.2; Perlman, M.3; Petruschke, R.A.1; Polis, A.B.1; Dixon, M.E.1; Skalky, C.S.1
1. Clinical Development, Merck & Co., West Point, PA; 2. University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX; 3. Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA

A12 - EN3231, AN NMDA-ENHANCED ANALGESIC, MAINTAINS EFFECTIVENESS AFTER 1 YEAR OF TREATMENT IN CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS
Ma, T.; Halladay, W.; Caruso, F.; Schlagheck, T.
1. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA

A13 - EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF EN3231, AN NMDA-ENHANCED ANALGESIC: RESULTS OF A 3-MONTH RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL DEMONSTRATE FASTER RESOLUTION OF OPIOID-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS COMPARED TO MORPHINE ALONE
Schlagheck, T.; Ramirez, R.; Stern, L.; Soumekh, F.; Ma, T.; Nagle, B.; Galer, B.
1. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA

A14 - TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN WITH ETORICOXIB, A NEW CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 SELECTIVE INHIBITOR: A 3 MONTH PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL
Geba, G.P.1; Seger, W.2; Adler, J.3; Ettlinger, R.4; Quaidoo, E.5; Lipetz, R.6; Pallay, R.7; Petruschke, R.A.1; Bohidar, N.1
1. Clinical Development, Merck & Co., West Point, PA; 2. Benchmark Research, Fort Worth, TX; 3. Clinicos, Colorado Springs, CO; 4. Private Practice, Tacoma, WA; 5. AAIR Research Center, Rochester, NY; 6. Encompass Clinical Research, Spring Valley, CA; 7. Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Group, Hillsborough, NJ

A15 - ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN PATIENTS WITH ETORICOXIB USING THE ROLAND-MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE
Geba, G.P.1; Petruschke, R.A.1; Straus, W.L.2; Bohidar, N.R.1
1. Clinical Development, Merck & Co., West Point, PA; 2. Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., West Point, PA

A16 - INTRATHECAL, BUT NOT INTRAVENOUS ADENOSINE REDUCES ALLODYNIA IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROPATHIC PAIN
Eisenach, J.C.1; Curry, R.1; Rauck, R.L.1
1. Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; 2. Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

A17 - HUMAN BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER PENETRATION OF ORAL ROFECOXIB, A SELECTIVE CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 (COX-2) INHIBITOR
Buvanendran, A.; Kroin, J.S.; Luk, P.; Rodger, I.; Tuman, K.J.
1. Anesthesiology, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL

A18 - IMPROVING ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF PAIN IN THE CRITICALLY ILL
Erdek, M.; Pronovost, P.J.
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

A19 - DOES EPIDURAL PCA ANALGESIA FOR POST OPERATIVE PAIN INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF HYPERPYREXIA IN POST C/S PATIENTS
Cohen, S.; Yama, A.; Prasad, A.G.; Chhokra, R.; Uzun, N.; Alptekin, B.; Denenberg, H.; Trnovski, S.; Wilmot, H.
1. Anesthesia, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

A20 - CONTINUOUS INFUSION OF A COMBINATION OF EPIDURAL CLONIDINE WITH BUPIVACAINE FOLLOWING ELECTIVE CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING
Ridgway, T.J.2,1; Scott, N.B.1
1. Anaesthesia, HCI International Medical Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 2. Anaesthesia, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom

A21 - LEVOBUPIVACAINE FOR KNEE SURGERY - PHARMACOKINETICS FOLLOWING SINGLE SHOT THREE-IN-ONE BLOCK
Pelinka, L.E.1; Lurf, M.2; Gruber, M.3; Dobin-Gürtler, N.2; Schachner, M.2; Oismüller, C.2; Mauritz, W.2; Redl, H.1
1. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology , Vienna, Austria; 2. Lorenz Boehler Trauma Center of the AUVA, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Vienna, Austria; 3. Dept. of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

A22 -POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR BILATERAL LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SURGERY
Hooten, w.M.; Karanikolas, M.
1. Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine

A23 - DOES A PREVIOUS NEURAXIAL PROCEDURE AFFECT SUBSEQUENT EPIDURAL SUCCESS RATE IN OBSTETRIC PATIENTS
Cohen, S.; Yama, A.; Prasad, A.G.; Chhokra, R.; Uzun, N.; Alptekin, B.; Denenberg, H.; Trnovski, S.; Wilmot, H.
1. Anesthesia, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

A24 - A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF THREE PERIOPERATIVE ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING BOWEL RESECTION
Miguel, R.V.1; Yeatman, T.J.2; Marcet, J.E.3 1. Anesthesiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center / University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 2. Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center / University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; 3. Surgery, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center / University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

A25 - EVALUATION OF SPERMATIC CORD DENERVATION IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC TESTICULAR PAIN
Shergill, I.S.; Hamid, R.; Kalsi, J.S.; Arya, M.; Shah, P.R.
1. Urology, Institute of Urology

A26 - SUPPLEMETAL LOCAL ANESTHETIC BOLUSES FOR BREAK-THROUGH PAIN DURING EPIDURAL BUPIVACAINE OR ROPIVACINE INFUSION FOR LABOR ANALGESIA
Ramanathan, S.
1. Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

A27 - FOUR YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS WITH HERNIATED, DEGENERATED AND BULGING DISCS WHO WERE TREATED CONSERVATIVELY WITH A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DISTRACTION DEVICE -VERSION 14
Odell, R.H.1; Boudreau, D.2
1. Advanced Spine and Pain Management, Las Vegas, NV; 2. Texas Spine Institute, Dallas, TX

A28 - GENITOFEMORAL AND ILIOINGUINAL NEURALGIA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN INGUINAL HERNIORRHAPHY
Narouze, S.N.1; Zakhary, E.2; Basali, A.1
1. Pain Management Center, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 2. Department of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

A29 - ROPIVACAINE 0.1% IS MORE POTENT THAN BUPIVACAINE 0.06% FOR LABOR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA
Darwich, A.A.; Mandell, G.; Vallejo, M.; Ramanathan, S.
1. Department of Anesthesia, University of Pittsburgh, Magee- Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

A30 - ROPIVACAINE VERSUS BUPIVACAINE AS A LOCAL ANESTHETIC FOR SKIN INFILTRATION IN PREPARATION FOR LABOR EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA
Nakamura, M.; DiMuro, J.; Shin, Y.K.
1. Anesthesia, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

A31 - ZONISAMIDE IN CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
Bernstein, C.D.1; Gould, H.J.2
1. Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; 2. Neurology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA

A32 - EN3231, AN NMDA-ENHANCED ANALGESIC, IS SAFE AND WELL TOLERATED AFTER 1 YEAR OF TREATMENT IN CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS
Taylor, E.; Caruso, F.; Nagle, B.; Schlagheck, T.
1. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA

A33 - ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF THE INFRACLAVICULAR BRACHIAL PLEXUS FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN CONTROL
Dogra, S.; Maroof, M.
1. Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

A34 - COMBINED SPINAL-EPIDURAL ANALGESIA FOR LABOR IN A PATIENT WITH FACTOR V LEIDEN MUTATION
Leicht, C.H.2; Velickovic, I.A.1
1. Anesthesiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA; 2. Anesthesiology, OVMC, Wheeling, WV

A35 - EFFECTS OF SLOW OR FAST METABOLISM OF DEXTROMETHORPHAN ON THE PHARMACOKINETICS, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY OF EN3231, AN NMDA-ENHANCED ANALGESIC
Schlagheck, T.2; Hagerty, P.2; Domingos, J.2; Nagle, B.2; Liu, C.1; Sambol, N.1
1. University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; 2. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA

A36 - EN3231, AN NMDA-ENHANCED ANALGESIC, PROVIDES EFFECTIVE ANALGESIA, IS OPIOID-SPARING, AND DOES NOT INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF ADVERSE EVENTS IN ARTHRITIS PATIENTS
Schlagheck, T.; Galer, B.; Gammaitoni, A.; Nagle, B.; Caruso, F.
1. Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Chadds Ford, PA

A37 - DIFFERENTIAL BLOCK WITH 0.25% BUPIVACAINE IN THE PATIENT WHO MUST BE ABLE TO MOVE HIS FOOT
Hwang, K.1; Kim, H.1; Lee, S.1
1. Anesthesiology, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea; 2. Anesthesiology, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea; 3. Anesthesiology, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

A38 - EVALUATION OF PAIN EDUCATION LEVEL AMONGST RESIDENT PHYSICIANS
Gupta, S.; Ferran, C.; Rattan, N.
1. Einstein Pain Center, Albert Einstein Hospital , Jefferson Health System, Philadelphia, PA, PA

A39 - AXILLARY BLOCK USING AN EPIDURAL CATHETER
Rosenquist, R.W.; Sen-Gupta, P.R.
1. Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa

A40 - PULSED MODE RADIOFREQUENCY LESIONING OF THE SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE FOR CHRONIC SHOULDER PAIN: A CASE REPORT
Shah, R.; Viesca, C.O.; Raj, P.P.
1. Interntational Pain Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

A41 - SUPRAORBITAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR TREATMENT OF INTRACTABLE SUPRAORBITAL NEURALGIA
Amin, S.1; Rao, A.K.1
1. Anesthesiology, Rush Presbyterian, Oakbrook, IL; 2. Anesthesiology, Rush Presbyterian, Chicago, IL

A42 - A MODIFIED PAIN SCALE FOR PAIN ASSESMENT
Gupta, S.; Scollon, M.; Cristofalo, C.
1. Einstein Pain Center, Albert Einstein Hospital , Jefferson Health System, Philadelphia, PA, PA

A43 - PYOGENIC VERTEBRAL OSTEOMYELITIS AND DISCITIS IN INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSER WITH PRIOR C3-4 CORPECTOMIES AND FUSION: A CASE REPORT
Kuthuru, M.; Palumbo, T.L.; Rosenberg, S.K.; Kabbara, A.I.
1. Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

A44 - ARE FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE?
Kuthuru, M.; Kabbara, A.I.; Palumbo, T.; Rosenberg, S.
1. Anesthesiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

A45 - RECOGNITION OF SUBARACHNOID AND SUBDURAL COMPARTMENTS DURING EPIDUROSCOPY: A CASE SERIES
Shah, R.V.; James, H.E.; Viesca, C.O.
1. Interntational Pain Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX