Editor-in-Chief: Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD

Pain Medicine Case Reports A peer reviewed publication  of The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and a Clinical Companion Journal to Pain Physician. The open access journal is published 8-10 times a year.

Pain Medicine Case Reports have been officially accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE and PubMed!

Pain Medicine Case Reports is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open access journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine.

Pain Medicine Case Reports presents the latest studies, research, and information vital to those in the emerging specialty of interventional pain management – and critical to the people they serve.

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Current issue highlights: (February 2026, Volume 10, Issue 1)

  1. Externally Powered Peripheral Nerve Stimulator With a Separate Receiver at the Median Nerve for the Treatment of Postoperative Carpal Tunnel Release-Related Chronic Pain in the Upper Extremity: A Case Report
    Case Report
    Apollo Tran, DO, Chad Taylor, MD, Jeffrey Ladwig, MD, and Scott Adams, MD.
  2. Postamputation Pain Treated With Pulsed Radiofrequency - A Case Report
    Case Report
    Dylan W. Banks, MD, Danielle Feng, MD, and Michael Flamm, DO.
  3. Bipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Cervical Medial Branches in a Patient With a Deep Brain Stimulator: A Novel Technique to Avoid Device Interference
    Case Report
    Azem A. Chami, MD, Angela Nguyen, BS, Camille Robichaux, BS, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, and Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD.
  4. Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Pain Related to Bertolotti’s Syndrome: A Case Report
    Case Report
    Shemar Crawford, MD, Shaunak Mishra, BS, and Theodore Cohen, MD.
  5. Computed Tomography-Guided Short-Term Gasserian Ganglion Stimulation for the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Two-Case Report
    Case Report
    Wei Zhao, MD, Zheng Li, MD, Jie Ju, BS, Jie Liu, MD, Xiaoling Peng, MD, Tiantian Chu, MD, Jihao Ren, BS, and Feng Gao, PhD.
  6. Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Lead Fracture and Indolent Infection Requiring Surgical Explant: A Case Report
    Case Report
    Beau P. Sperry, MD, Michael A. Mooney, MD, and Alexander J. Kim, MD.