Vijay Singh, M.D.
1601 Roosevelt Rd., Niagara, WI 54151
(715)251-1780
• PUBLICATIONS
January 2005 Scientific Basis for Nucleoplasty, Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, January 2005; Volume 9, Issue 1, pp 13-24.
October 2004 Role of Percutaneous Disc Decompression Using Coblation In Managing Chronic Discogenic Low Back Pain: A Prospective, Observational Study, Pain Physician, October 2004; Volume 7, Number 4, pp 419-425.
July 2004 Managing Phantom Pain, Pain Physician, July 2004; Volume 7, Number 3, pp 365-375.
April 2004 The Role of Cervical Discography in Interventional Pain Management, Pain Physician, April 2004; Volume 7, Number 2, pp 249-255.
February 2004 Clinical Support for the Use of Disc Nucleoplasty Percutaneous Discectomy, Disease Management Digest, Volume 8, Number 1, pp 4-5, 12. (Published in Care Management, Volume 10, Number 1, Official Journal of the Academy of Certified Case Managers.)
January 2004 Percutaneous Disc Decompression for the Treatment of Chronic Atypical Cervical Discogenic Pain, Pain Physician, January 2004; Volume 7, Number 1, pp 115-118.
2004 Letter to the Editor: Monitoring of Patients Receiving Long-Term Opiod Therapy; Anesth Analg, 2004;99 pp. 304.
Sept-Oct 2003 Letter to the Editor: Saroiliac Joint Pain: Should Physicians Be Blocking Lateral Branches, Medial Branches, Dorsal Rami, or Ventral Rami?; Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Vol. 28 No. 5 pp 488-490.
October 2003 Evaluation of Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections, Pain Physician, Volume 6, Number 4, pp 537-539.
October 2003 Screening for Controlled Substance Abuse in Interventional Pain Management Settings: Evaluation of an Assessment Tool, Pain Physician, October 2003; Volume 6, Number 4, pp 425-433.
October 2003 Accuracy of Precision Diagnostic Blocks in the Diagnosis of Chronic Spinal Pain of Facet or Zygapophysial Joint Origin, Pain Physician, October 2003; Volume 6, Number 4, pp 449-456.
July 2003 Evaluation of Percutaneous Disc Decompression Using Coblation in Chronic Back Pain With or Without Leg Pain, Pain Physician, July 2003; Volume 6, Number 3, pp 273-280.
July 2003 Guidelines for the Use of Controlled Substances in the Management of Chronic Pain, Pain Physician, July 2003; Volume 6, Number 3, pp 233-257.
April 2003 Are Diagnostic Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks Valid? Results of 2-Year Follow-Up, Pain Physician, April 2003; Volume 6, Number 2, pp 147-153.
April 2003 Correlates of Non-Physiological Behavior in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain, Pain Physician, April 2003; Volume 6, Number 2, pp 159-166.
January 2003 Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Interventional Techniques in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain, Pain Physician, January 2003; Volume 6, Number 1, pp 3-81.
January 2003 Methods for Evidence Synthesis in Interventional Pain Management, Pain Physician, January 2003; Volume 6, Number 1, pp 89-111.
January 2003 Interventional Pain Management: Evolving Issues for 2003, Pain Physician, January 2003; Volume 6, Number 1, pp 125-137.
2003 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Should Physicians Be Blocking Lateral Branches, Medial Branches, Dorsal Rami, or Ventral Rami? Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2003, Volume 28, Number 5, pp 488-491.
October 2002 Evaluation of the Prevalence of Facet Joint Pain in Chronic Thoracic Pain, Pain Physician, October 2002; Volume 5, Number 4, pp 354-359.
October 2002 Is There Correlation of Facet Joint Pain in Lumbar and Cervical Spine? An Evaluation of Prevalence in Combined Chronic Low Back and Neck Pain, Pain Physician, October 2002; Volume 5, Number 4, pp 365-371.
October 2002 Medical Branch Neurotomy in Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: Systematic Review of the Evidence, Pain Physician, October 2002; Volume 5, Number 4, pp 405-418.
August 2002 Singh, V. Pathophysiology of the Disc. In: Low Back Pain, Manchikanti, L., Slipman, C.W., and Fellows, B. (eds), ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, pp. 59-68, 2002.
August 2002 Singh, V., Slipman, C.W. Discogenic Pain and Intradiscal Therapies. In: Low Back Pain, Manchikanti, L., Slipman, C.W., and Fellows, B. (eds), ASIPP Publishing, Paducah, KY, pp. 411-420, 2002.
July 2002 NASPER: Balancing Substance Abuse and Medical Necessity in Interventional Pain Management, Pain Physician, July 2002; Volume 5, Number 3, pp 294-319.
July 2002 Percutaneous Disc Decompression Using Coblation (NucleoplastyTM) in the Treatment of Chronic Discogenic Pain, Pain Physician, July 2002; Volume 5, Number 3, pp 250-259.
July 2002 Prevalence of Cervical Facet Joint Pain in Chronic Neck Pain, Pain Physician, July 2002; Volume 5, Number 3, pp 243-249.
April 2002 Role of Caudal Epidural Injections in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain, Pain Physician, April 2002; Volume 5, Number 2, pp 133-148.
February 2002 Letter to the Editor, Spine, February 1, 2002, Volume 27, Number 3, pp. 335-336.
January 2002 Effectiveness of Caudal Epidural Injections in Discogram Positive and Negative Chronic Low Back Pain, Pain Physician, January 2002; Volume 5, Number 1, pp 18-29.
January 2002 Evaluation of Influence of Gender, Occupational Injury, and Smoking on Chronic Low Back Pain of Facet Joint Origin: A Subgroup Analysis, Pain Physician, January 2002; Volume 5, Number 1, pp 30-35.
January 2002 Understanding Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain in Interventional Pain Management, Pain Physician, January 2002; Volume 5, Number 1, pp 57-82.
January 2002 Review of Chronic Low Back Pain of Facet Joint Origin, Pain Physician, January 2002; Volume 5, Number 1, 83-101.
January 2002 Letter to the Editor, Spine, January 15, 2002, Volume 27, Number 2, pp. 215-216.
2002 Epidural Lysis of Adhesions and Myeloscopy, Current Pain Headache Rep, Volume 6, Number 6, pp 427-435.
December 2001 Letter to the Editor, Spine, December 1, 2001, Volume 26, Number 23, pp. 2641-2643.
October 2001 Evaluation of the Relative Contributions of Various Structures in Chronic Low Back Pain, Pain Physician, October 2001; Volume 4, Number 4, pp 308-316.
July 2001 Algorithms for Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain, Pain Physician, July 2001; Volume 4, Number 3, pp 286-291.
July 2001 Evaluation of Role of Facet Joints in Persistent Low Back Pain in Obesity: A controlled, Prospective, Comparative Evaluation, Pain Physician, July 2001; Volume 4, Number 3, pp 266-272.
July 2001 Provocative Discography in Low Back Pain Patients With or Without Somatization Disorder: A Randomized Prospective Evaluation, Pain Physician, July 2001; Volume 4, Number 3, pp 227-239.
July 2001 Spinal Endoscopy and Lysis of Epidural Adhesions in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain, Pain Physician, July 2001; Volume 4, Number 3, pp 240-265.
January 2001 ASIPP Practice Guidelines: Interventional Techniques in Management of Chronic Pain: Part 2.0, Pain Physician, January, 2001; Volume 4, Number 1, pp 24-96.
January 2001 Focused Review: The Role of Guidelines in Interventional Pain Medicine: Let Us Separate Apples and Oranges, Pain Physician, January 2001; Volume 4, Number 1, pp 13-23.
October 2000 Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy: A Preliminary Report, Pain Physician, September 2000; Volume 3, Number 4, pp 367-373.
January 2000 Practice Guidelines: Interventional Techniques in Management of Chronic Pain:
Part 1.0, Pain Physician, January, 2000; Volume 3, Number 1, pp 7-42.
• ARTICLES CITED IN A REFERENCE
2002 Alternative Strategies for Lumbar Discectomy: Intradiscal Electrothermy and Nucleoplasty, Neurosurg Focus 13(2), 2002, American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Authors: William C. Welch, MD and Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH. Article cited: Singh V. Intradiscal Electrothermal therapy: a preliminary report. Pain Physician 3:367-373, 2000.
June 2004 Intradiscal Thermal Annuloplasty for Discogenic Pain: An Outcome Study, PAIN Practice, June 2004; Volume 4, Number 2, pp. 84-90. Authors: Nagy Mekhail, MD, PhD; Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD. Article cited: Singh V. Intradiscal Electrothermal therapy: a preliminary report. Pain Physician. 2000;3:367-373.
2005 Intradiscal Techniques: Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy and Nucleoplasty, 2005; pp. 485-493. Author: David R. Walega, MD; Published in: Essentials of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia, Second Edition, Editors: Benzon, Raja, Molloy, Liu, and Fishman. Article cited: Singh V, Piryani C, Liao K, Nieschulz S: Percutaneous disc decompression using Coblation (Nucleoplasty) in the treatment of chronic discogenic pain. Pain Physician 5:250-259, 2002.
February 2005 Nucleoplasty with/without IDET as a Treatment for Lumbar Herniated Disc, Journal Spinal Disord Tech, February 2005, Volume 18, Supplement 1, pp. S119-S124. Authors: Cohen S, Williams S, Kurihara C, Griffith S, and Larkin T. Article cited: Singh V, Piryani C, Liao K, Nieschulz S: Percutaneous disc decompression using Coblation (Nucleoplasty) in the treatment of chronic discogenic pain. Pain Physician 5:250-259, 2002.
February 2005 Letter to the Editor, Sacroiliac Joint Pain After Lumbar Fusion to the Sacrum in Journal Spinal Disord Tech – Volume 18, Supplement 1. Article cited: Manchikanti L, Singh V, Pampati V, et al. Evaluation of the relative contributions of various structures in chronic low back pain. Pain Physician. 2001; 4:308-316.
Chapters published as co-author in book entitled:
Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians
Guidelines for the Practice of Interventional Techniques, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 847-878.
Evidence for the Use of Interventional Techniques for Chronic Spinal Pain, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 879-908.
Cervical Facet Joint Interventions, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 967-976.
Thoracic Facet Joint Interventions, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 977-984.
Lumbar Facet Joint Interventions, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 985-996.
Cervical Discography, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 997-1004.
Thoracic Discography, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1005-1010.
Lumbar Discography, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1011-1016.
Intradiscal Therapies, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1017-1022.
Percutaneous Lysis of Lumbar Epidural Adhesions and Hypertonic Saline Neurolysis, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1023-1042.
Endoscopic Lysis of Lumbar Epidural Adhesions, in: Weiner’s Pain Management, A Practical Guide for Clinicians, Seventh Edition, Boswell, Mark V. and Cole, Eliot B. (eds), Published in 2006 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1043-1056.
