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The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Evidence-Based Clinical Guideline of Interventional Treatments for Low Back Pain

Dawood Sayed1 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jay Grider2 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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Natalie Strand3 Interventional Pain Management, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-2550
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Jonathan M Hagedorn4 iSpine Pain Physicians, Maple Grove, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-8166
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Steven Falowski5 Functional Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3996-087X
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Christopher M Lam1 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Vinicius Tieppo Francio6 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6513-0058
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Douglas P Beall7 Comprehensive Specialty Care, Edmond, OK, USA
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Nestor D Tomycz8 AHN Neurosurgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Justin R Davanzo9 AHN Neurosurgery, Forbes Hospital, Monroeville, PA, USA
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Rohit Aiyer10 Interventional Pain Management and Pain Psychiatry, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
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David W Lee11 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, Fullerton Orthopedic Surgery Medical Group, Fullerton, CA, USA
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Hemant Kalia12 Rochester Regional Health System, Rochester, NY, USA;13 Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9033-9080
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Soun Sheen13 Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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Mark N Malinowski14 Adena Spine Center, Adena Health System, Chillicothe, OH, USA;15 Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-4787
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Michael Verdolin16 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pain Consultants of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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Shashank Vodapally17 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2672-5822
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Alexios Carayannopoulos18 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital, Lifespan Physician Group, Providence, RI, USA;19 Comprehensive Spine Center at Rhode Island Hospital, Newport Hospital, Providence, RI, USA;20 Neurosurgery, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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Sameer Jain21 Interventional Pain Management, Pain Treatment Centers of America, Little Rock, AR, USA
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Nomen Azeem22 Department of Neurology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;23 Florida Spine & Pain Specialists, Riverview, FL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-5976
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Reda Tolba24 Pain Management, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;25 Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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George C Chang Chien26 Pain Management, Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura, CA, USA;27 Center for Regenerative Medicine, University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Priyanka Ghosh28 Remedy Medical Group, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Anthony J Mazzola29 Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, NY, USA
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Kasra Amirdelfan30 IPM Medical Group, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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Krishnan Chakravarthy31 Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA;32 Va San Diego Healthcare, San Diego, CA, USA
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Erika Petersen33 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock, AR, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8548-1450
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Michael E Schatman34 Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA;35 Department of Population Health - Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1019-0413
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Timothy Deer36 The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-7730
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Pages 3729-3832 | Received 19 Aug 2022, Accepted 17 Nov 2022, Published online: 06 Dec 2022

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