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The following table illustrates some common pain conditions and their outcomes in non smokers or in patients who quit smoking during the treatments, have eliminated adverse work activity and do not suffer re-injury to the same area. Morbid obesity reduces the pain free interval following treatments for joint pain. Age and gender do not influence the outcome of treatments. Patients with underlying immunological or infectious disorder (except in Shingles) causing the pain condition may not respond. Although the practice is relatively small as compared to other pain practices, the table below represents overall experience from treating over 1600 individual patients.
Treatment success rate at Advanced Interventional Pain Center = 90% or more. Patients who were non compliant with the treatment program (unable to quit smoking, not keeping with the follow-up appointments etc.,) were not included. Narcotic Medications were NOT used in the treatment program. National and International Average for pain treatment success = 50% or less. No. of patients seen for the non painful conditions are very few to suggest the same degree of success in others with the same condition. |
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Pain Condition |
Pain relief period after treatment at Advanced Interventional Pain Center |
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Back pain (cervical, thoracic and lumbar) from facet joint arthritis |
6 to 8 months without using neuroablation. A few patients received up to 2 years of pain relief. |
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Back pain from failed back surgery syndrome |
6 to 8 months or more |
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SI joint pain |
6 to 8 months |
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Shoulder pain |
8 months to a year or more |
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Hip joint pain (includes those with failed hip replacements) |
3 to 6 months |
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Knee pain (includes those with failed knee replacements) |
3 to 6 months without using synvisc or similar drugs. |
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Radiculitis (cervical, thoracic and lumbar) without paralysis or more than grade I anterio-posterior spondylolisthesis. Note: lateral spondylolisthesis causing radiculitis responds to treatments |
1 year or more |
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Vascular pain, early necrosis |
Permanent pain relief with reversal of early necrosis, no surgery required, no repeat treatments required. One patient had a blocked popliteal graft, still received permanent pain relief. |
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Post herpetic neuralgia |
Permanent pain relief, no repeat treatments required. |
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CRPS (without initial nerve injury) |
Permanent pain relief, no repeat treatments required. |
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Chronic pelvic pain in women without intra-abdominal pathology |
Permanent pain relief, no repeat treatments required. |
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Chronic headaches |
Varies. Permanent pain relief in some, palliative in others. Treatments reduce the intensity of headaches and frequency of visits to ER. |
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Costochondritis (from surgery eg., sternotomy, thoracotomy) |
Permanent pain relief, no repeat treatments required. |
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Costochondritis, age related |
Varies, mostly permanent pain relief. Some patients require treatments every 3 to 5 months. |
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Heel spur (Calcaneal spur) |
Permanent pain relief in most cases. 6 to 8 months or more in obese individuals. |
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Non Painful Conditions |
Treatment outcome at Advanced Interventional Pain Center |
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Lymph edema (benign, non cancer related) |
Permanent resolution of edema |
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Lymph edema, cancer related |
Greater than 50% resolution with 1 treatment. |
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Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating of hands) |
Permanent resolution of symptoms with 1 to 2 treatments |