American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
2004 Annual Fall Pain Meeting and Workshops

November 11-14, 2004
Point Hilton
Phoenix, AZ


Accepted Abstracts

A1High Injection Pressure Predicts Delayed Neurologic Recovery After Intraneural Injection In Canine Sciatic Nerve Tony Tsai
A2Do the characteristics of ongoing and evoked postamputation pain and the changes in mood cognition and physical function differ based on the etiology for amputation? Srinivasa Raja
A3Effectiveness of Levetiracetam in the management of neuropathic pain Maged Hamza
A4Anatomy of the Cervical Radicular Arteries: Implications for Cervical Transforaminal Injection Mark Hoeft
A5Changes of mRNA expression for GABAA receptor in spinal cord on the alalgesic effect of subarachnoid transplantation of APA microcapsulized BCCsYuge Jiang
A6Gelatinase A Inhibition Attenuates Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Cell Proliferation and Migration in Rats. Relevance to the Pathogenesis and Management of Chronic Pain. Leon Margolin
A7Thalamocortical dysrrhythmia a possible objective cause of neuropathic pain diagnosed in magnetoencephalography Soheila Jafari
A8Effect of sympathectomy on streptozotocin induced neuropathic pain in rats Rainer Vogel
A9A Modified Transcrural Celiac Plexus Block Ian Yang
A10Thoracic epidural anesthesia is a good alternative for permanent thoracic spinal cord stimulator placement: Review of fifteen cases and suggestions for management. Jonathan Kay
A11Pain arising from vertebral malignant invasion: role of percutaneous cervical cordotomy Tiziana Tirri
A12Analgesic effectiveness of perioperative single-dose extended-release epidural morphine after hip arthroplasty Errol Gould
A13Analgesic efficiency of the celiac plexus versus opioid therapy in cancer patients Antonio Tamayo
A14Vulvovestibulitis Treatment with Local Anesthetic Nerve Blockade John Mcdonald
A15Ketamine Infusion Rate is Inversely Correlated with Age and Body Weight in Children Undergoing Painful Procedures Keira Mason
A16New fenestrated needle for peripheral nerve block Jeffrey Swenson
A17Vascular relationships of the femoral nerve at the inguinal region. Steven Orebaugh
A18An Open-Label Dose-Escalation Study of Dextromethorphan and Quinidine in Painful Diabetic Neuropathy Laura Pope
A19The use of pre-operative ultrasound for carotid bifurcation mapping to aid in determination of optimal anesthetic technique for carotid endarterectomy. A retrospective analysis utilizing database queries against an automated information management system. Jeffery Beck
A20The effect of adding low dose ketamine to standard practice analgesia after major spine surgery in patients with chronic therapeutic opioid intake Kathirvel Subramaniam
A21Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block Results In Superior Postoperative Analgesia Compared To GA Plus Wound Infiltration As Sole Technique For Outpatient Rotator Cuff Surgery Jeff Gadsden
A22Spinal cord stimulation therapy practice patterns: The first nationwide analysis Henry Kroll
A23Fluoroscopically-guided Transforaminal Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection: A New Needle-inside-Needle Technique. Muhammad Munir
A24Pulsed Radiofrequency Neurotomy (PRFN) In The Geriatric Population Farshad Ahadian
A25Epidural Anesthesia Combined With Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) For Orthopaedic Surgery Di Si Hao
A26Complex regional pain syndrome after herpes zoster infection Sujittra Tongprasert
A27Successful Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Treatment of Severe Raynaud's Disease of the Hands David Sibell
A28Percutaneous Disc Decompression: Initial Efficacy & Safety Data Farshad Ahadian
A29Intrathecal Baclofen For Treating Dystonia Of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 Ashish Gulve
A30CT-guided injections of Botulinum toxin into the subscapularis muscle in children Jeannie Zuk
A31Myofascial pain syndrome: Overlooking syndrome in cancer patients Sujittra Tongprasert
A32Kadian Is Effective Safe and Well Tolerated in Patients With Chronic Non-Malignant Moderate/Severe Pain: The KRONUS-MSP Trial Bruce Nicholson
A33Transmucosal Fentanyl for Treatment of Non-malignant Pain: An Observational Study Anthony Guarino
A34A Comparative Study of 0.5% Racemic Bupivacaine Versus 0.5% Bupivacaine Enantiomeric Mixture (S75-R25) in Brachial Plexus Blockade for Orthopedic Surgery. Roberto Sato
A35Infra-Clavicular Brachial Plexus Block: The Sagiital And Lateral Technique In Children Khaled Sedeek
A36Spinal Cord Stimulation In Chronic Refractory Angina Pectoris Ashish Gulve
A37Improved Quality of Life with Kadian (morphine sulfate sustained-release capsules) in Patients with Chronic Non-malignant Moderate/Severe Pain: The KRONUS-MSP Trial Arnold Weil
A38Selective peripheral or plexus implantable infusion. Philip Kim
A39Peripheral nerve stimulation for treatment trigeminal neuralgia and peripheral cranial neuropathies. Philip Kim
A40Influence of the patient's positioning onto the non-anesthetized side combined with 20° Trendelenburg positioning on the extent of brachial plexus anesthesia Oliver Orlowski
A41Intra-articular Bupivacaine-Clonidine-Morphine vs. Femoral-Sciatic Nerve Block in Pediatric Patients Getting Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Giovanni Cucchiaro
A42Exploring a Novel Method of Simulation Teaching on Fresh Tissue for Epidural Catheter Placement Laura Clark
A43Variable Osteology Of The Sixth Cervical Vertebra In Relation To Stellate Ganglion Block Mark Hoeft
A44Comparison of ONQ® PainBuster Device and Patient-Controlled Analgesia for Pain Relief After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Brian Miles
A45Patient-controlled Transdermal Fentanyl HCl Analgesia System Versus Intravenous Morphine Patient-controlled Analgesia for the Management of Acute Pain After Gynecologic Surgery Shireen Ahmad
A46Is amputation an indication for severe limb CRPS type I? Jianping Sun
A47A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Crossover Head-to-head Single Oral Dose Trial of Avinza vs. Kadian 30mg in 36 Healthy Opiate-naïve Subjects in the Fed State Mike Royal
A48Determining the frequency of diagnosis of CRPS Neil Pitzer

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