UTCSP Research Update April 26, 2026

🔹 A Multimodal Analgesia Protocol to Reduce Opioid Use Following Oral Cavity Free Flap Reconstruction
Authors: Ben B. LevyJulia WiercigrochJohn R. de AlmeidaDavid P. GoldsteinRalph W. GilbertJonathan C. IrishDale H. BrownChristopher M. K. L. YaoSharon Tzelnick
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42036392/

🔹 Exploring the effect of disease explanations of chronic pain on stigma
Authors: Brooke MagelIris Coates McCallKayle DonnerRachael BosmaKaren D. DavisDaniel Z. Buchman, Christopher Lo
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42034181/

🔹 Effects of transcranial ultrasound stimulation of primary somatosensory cortex and ventral posterolateral nucleus of the thalamus on acute pain perception
Authors: Gabriel D. Pinilla-Monsalve
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41972908/

🔹 Beyond the Benefit of Doubt: Biases and Credibility in the Adjudication of Chronic Pain
Authors: Hance ClarkeNimish Mittal
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41992939/


UTCSP Research Update April 19, 2026

🔹 Treatment of residual and phantom limb pain using percutaneous ablation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Kevin R. MurrayGriffin PauliMichael Catapano
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42051602/

🔹 Nerve-Targeted Interventions Provide Meaningful Short-Term Pain and Functional Improvement in Refractory Hip Pain: A Systematic Review
Authors: Tyler M. Hauer
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41985844/

🔹 Machine Learning Using Preoperative Patient Factors Can Predict the Severity of Pain Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Authors: Ajay ShahMichael Hardisty
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41999790/

🔹 Development of iGET Living, a Digital Graded Exposure Intervention for Youth With Chronic Pain: Multiphase User-Centered Design and Pilot Study
Authors: Jennifer N. Stinson
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41996537/


UTCSP Research Update April 12, 2026

🔹 Computer vision for pain detection during procedural sedation
Authors: Yasamin ZarghamiMohammad Goudarzi RadSebastian MafeldBabak Taati
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41957050/

🔹 Evaluation of Injection Site Pain and Adherence in Patients Transitioning from a High to Low Volume Adalimumab Formulation (AVT02, Simlandi®) Across Multiple Indications (EASE PAIN)
Authors: Dara K. Shahrokh, A. Hillary Steinhart
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41963765/

🔹 Is headache always necessary for the diagnosis of rebound intracranial hypertension in patients successfully treated for cerebrospinal fluid venous fistula?
Authors: Rayyan KinsaraAnish KapadiaHoward Meng
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41933923/


UTCSP Research Update April 5, 2026

🔹 Women with chronic pelvic pain can be stratified using multimodal assessment
Authors: Kevin Kuan
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41854293/

🔹 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Childhood
Authors: Sonia M. Grandi, Areti Angeliki Veroniki
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41062061/

🔹 "Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities and Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in pain research": explanation and elaboration to support the standardized reporting of equity-relevant data
Authors: Vina Mohabir
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41534591/


UTCSP Research Update March 29, 2026

🔹 Analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided pericapsular nerve group (PENG) block for ambulatory hip arthroscopy: a randomized controlled double-blind trial
Authors: Laura Girón-ArangoSinead CampbellJuan Pablo Diaz-MartinezFaraj AbdallahRichard Brull
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41895809/

🔹 Severe orbital pain and preserved visual function in giant cell arteritis related optic perineuritis
Authors: E. Margolin, A. Handzic
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41880720/


UTCSP Research Update March 22, 2026

🔹 Molecular architecture of human dermal sleeping nociceptors
Authors: Shreejoy TripathyDerek Howard
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41643676/

🔹 Neck Pain Is a Key Determinant of Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcome in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
Authors: Karlo M. PedroMohammed Ali AlviChristopher Lozano, Vishwathsen Karthikeyan, Jefferson R. WilsonJetan H. BadhiwalaMichael G. Fehlings
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41860228/

🔹 Why are clinical practice guidelines important in obstetric anaesthesia? Improving peripartum safety and quality of anaesthetic care through recommendations for labour pain
Authors: Ronald B. George
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41871684/

🔹 Pain Interference in Young Adults With Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries
Authors: Maya BenuzziAmanda LanglebenLexi Davidson, Andrea Chan, Kristen DavidgeEmily S. Ho
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41854582/


UTCSP Research Update March 15, 2026

🔹 "Knowing Otherwise": Unsettling Notions of Crisis Within Contexts of Chronic Pain and Poverty in the COVID-19 Era
Authors: Craig M. DaleAbhimanyu SudRoss UpshurJoel KatzAndrew D. PintoFiona Webster
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41801099/

🔹 Disability and Opioid Pain Reliever Use in Reproductive-Aged Women: An Analysis of a Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors: Chloe G. McKee, Hilary K. Brown, Andi Camden
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41804251/

🔹 Trigeminal ganglion–trigeminal spinal subnucleus oralis pathway contributes to orofacial neuropathic pain
Authors: Barry J. Sessle
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41800762/


UTCSP Research Update March 8, 2026

🔹 Evaluation of a mental health screening tool to determine the need for psychological interview for patients offered neuromodulation implant therapies for pain
Authors: Anuj BhatiaMaggie Z. X. Xiao, Kathryn Curtis, Abigail Muere, Victoria BainsYasmine HoydonckxPranab KumarEhtesham BaigAbeer Alomari
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41781150/

🔹 Sucrose analgesia for venepuncture in neonates
Authors: Mariana Bueno
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41775338/

🔹 Safety of Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy: Review of Existing Evidence
Authors: Jonathan S. Zipursky
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41780800/

🔹 PAINscape—Exploring patient experiences with ketamine for chronic neuropathic pain: A qualitative study
Authors: Nandana ParakhPaul RitvoDuminda N. WijeysunderaVictoria Tucci, Mariela Leda, Mindy Lu, Gabriella MattinaJanneth Pazmino-CanizaresZaaria ThomasRoshni NayarJohn G. Hanlon, Sérgio M. Pereira, Karim S. LadhaHance Clarke, Sakina J. Rizvi, Cheryl PritloveAkash Goel
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41798319/

🔹 The association between smoking and joint pain in women attending a specialized menopause clinic
Authors: Wendy Wolfman
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41774568/

🔹 Timing of intravenous dexamethasone and analgesia after brachial plexus block: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Anahi PerlasVincent Chan, Anthony James Short, Michael J. Busser, Ki-Jinn Chin, Jayanta Chowdhury, Ella HusztiQixuan Li
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39721764/


UTCSP Research Update March 1, 2026

🔹 Patient Access to Opioids for Pain Management in Southeast Asia with a Focus on Timor-Leste: A Scoping Review
Authors: Clive StevensAlexandra Martiniuk
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41232627/

🔹 Spinal processing of spatiotemporally diverse tactile stimuli: Computational insights into allodynia and spinal cord stimulation
Authors: Laura MedlockSteven A. Prescott
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41735055/

🔹 Access to interventional therapies for cancer pain: An exploratory survey of cancer pain experts
Authors: Anuj Bhatia
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41552768/

🔹 Chronic pain after decompression for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a pooled trajectory analysis of individual participant data
Authors: Alex B. Bak, Ali Moghaddamjou, Michael G. Fehlings
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41086299/

🔹 Tracking artificial intelligence use for publishing and reviewing in PAIN
Authors: Karen Deborah Davis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41670354/

🔹 Reliability and stability of pain ratings and secondary hyperalgesia to experimental phasic heat pain across multiple days and weeks
Authors: Nathaniel W. De Vera, Spencer S. AbssyDavid A. SeminowiczMassieh Moayedi
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41765342/


UTCSP Research Update February 22, 2026

🔹 Appendectomy for Chronic Abdominal Pain Caused by Appendiceal Neuroma
Authors: Jordana Herblum, Erin Kennedy, Andrea CovelliLaura Targownik
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41728252/

🔹 Low-Dose Ketamine Infusions for Postoperative Analgesia in Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy in General Inpatient Units: Safety Signals and Monitoring Needs in a Retrospective Cohort
Authors: David Carrasco Guariento, Amir DadashianMaggie Xiao, Christopher Brown, Debashish ChowdhuryNaveed Siddiqui
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41706581/

🔹 Interventions in the Middle Meningeal Artery for Refractory Headache: The Need for a Randomized Trial
Authors: Jose Danilo Bengzon DiestroRodrigo F. Rodrigues, Nathan Churchill, Duminda WijeysunderaManav Vyas, Tom Schweizer
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41698760/


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