2018
Practice Patterns and Treatment Challenges in Acute Postoperative Pain Management: A Survey of Practicing Physicians
Gan TJ, Epstein RS, Leone-Perkins ML, Salimi T, Iqbal SU, Whang PG. Practice Patterns and Treatment Challenges in Acute Postoperative Pain Management: A Survey of Practicing Physicians. Pain And Therapy 2018, 7: 205-216. PMID: 30367388, PMCID: PMC6251830, DOI: 10.1007/s40122-018-0106-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute postoperative painMedication-related adverse eventsPostoperative pain managementPostoperative painAdverse eventsPain managementAnalgesic medicationPrescribing decisionsUnmet needPatient-related risk factorsAcute postoperative pain managementEffective analgesic medicationsAcute pain managementPoor overall outcomeHigh-risk patientsSevere postoperative painOnset of analgesiaPatient-related factorsAnti-inflammatory drugsCOX-2 inhibitorsKey unmet needPractice-related factorsMethodsBetween AprilTop unmetAnalgesic therapy
2011
Cement Augmentation of Refractory Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Gerling MC, Eubanks JD, Patel R, Whang PG, Bohlman HH, Ahn NU. Cement Augmentation of Refractory Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. Spine 2011, 36: e1266-e1269. PMID: 21358465, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31820a0b3f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOsteoporotic vertebral compression fracturesInpatient pain managementVertebral compression fracturesCement augmentationPain managementBed restCompression fracturesNumber of fracturesProportional hazards regression modelsConservative pain managementIntractable back painNational Death IndexCement augmentation proceduresHigh-energy traumaSignificant survival advantageHazards regression modelsHigh-dose narcoticsKaplan-Meier plotsUniversity Hospital databaseExact Fisher testMann-Whitney testAggressive managementConservative treatmentElderly patientsChart review