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Best Practices for Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation for Chronic Pain: Guidelines from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

Kenneth B Chapman1 The Spine & Pain Institute of New York, New York, NY, USA;2 Department of Anesthesiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell, Manhasset, NY, USA;3 Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Dawood Sayed4 Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, KS, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8867-2140
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Tim Lamer5 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-3702
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Corey Hunter6 Ainsworth Institute of Pain Management, New York, NY, USA
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Jacqueline Weisbein7 Napa Valley Orthopedic Medical Group, Napa, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-761X
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Kiran V Patel1 The Spine & Pain Institute of New York, New York, NY, USA;2 Department of Anesthesiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell, Manhasset, NY, USA;3 Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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David Dickerson8 Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA;9 Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Jonathan M Hagedorn10 iSpine Pain Physicians, Maple Grove, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1039-8166
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David W Lee11 Fullerton Orthopedic Surgery Medical Group, Fullerton, CA, USA
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Kasra Amirdelfan12 IPM Medical Group, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA
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Timothy Deer13 The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias, Charleston, WV, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-7730
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Krishnan Chakravarthy14 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of California San Diego Health Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA;15 VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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Pages 839-879 | Received 21 May 2022, Accepted 17 Jan 2023, Published online: 14 Mar 2023

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