New Abstracts, Papers & Posters:
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Weissman-Fogel I, Granovsky Y, Crispel Y, Ben-Nun A, Anson Best L, Yarnitsky D, Granot M. Enhanced Presurgical Pain Temporal Summation Response Predicts Post-Thoracotomy Pain Intensity During the Acute Postoperative Phase. J. Pain, 2009 Jun; 10(6): 628-36.
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Backonja MM, Walk D, Edwards RR, Sehgal N, Moeller-Bertram T, Wasan A, Irving G, Argoff C, Wallace M. Quantitative Sensory Testing in Measurement of Neuropathic Pain Phenomena and Other Sensory Abnormalities. Clin. J Pain 2009; 25:641–647
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Rajmil O, Arru´s J, Fernandez M, Sarquella J, Ruiz-Castane´ E, Blasco A. Sensory changes after surgical correction of penile curvature. International Journal of Impotence Research (2009), 1–6 |
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Warbrick T, Derbyshire SWG, Bagshaw AP. Optimizing the Measurement of Contact Heat Evoked Potentials. J. Clin Neurophysiol 2009 Apr; 26 (2): 117-22.
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Derbyshire SWG, Osborn J. Offset analgesia is mediated by activation in the region of the periaqueductal grey and rostral ventromedial medulla. NeuroImage 2009, Apr 16. in press. |
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Baumgärtner U, Tiede W, Treede R, Greffrath W. Cool evoked potentials as a new method to examine somatosensory pathways. Poster, presented at the DGKN meeting in Munich, 2009.
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Granot, M. Can we predict persistent postoperative pain by testing preoperative experimental pain? Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2009 Jun; 22 (3): 425-30. |
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Chen L, Malarick C, Seefeld L, et al. Altered quantitative sensory testing outcome in subjects with opioid therapy. Pain. 2009 May; 143 (1-2): 65-70.
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Adjamian P, Worthen SF, Hillebrand A, et al. Effective electromagnetic noise cancellation with beamformers and synthetic gradiometry in shielded and partly shielded environments. J Neurosci Methods. 2009;178(1):120-7.
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King CD, Wong F, Currie T, et al. Deficiency in endogenous modulation of prolonged heat pain in patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Temporomandibular Disorder. Pain. 2009 Jun; 143 (3):172-8
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Nir RR, Lev R, Moont R, Granovsky Y, Sprecher E, Yarnitsky D. Neurophysiology of the Cortical Pain Network: Revisiting the Role of S1 in Subjective Pain Perception Via Standardized Low-Resolution Brain Electromagnetic Tomography (sLORETA). The Journal of Pain, 2009 9 (11) 1058-69.
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Worthen SF, Adjamian P, Chizh BA, et al. Imaging Evoked and Induced Neuromagnetic Cortical Responses to Noxious Electrical and Thermal stimulation of distinct somatic regions. Poster, Presented at the IASP meeting, Glasgow, Aug. 2008.
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Boyle Y, Worthen SF, Hobson AR, et al. Neurophysiological Evaluation of Somatic Contact Heat-Evoked Potentials using Electro and Magnetoencephalography. Poster, Presented at the IASP meeting, Glasgow, Aug. 2008.
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Untergehrer G., Hock A., Horn B., Kochs E., Schneider G. Subanaesthetic concentrations of propofol decrease amplitudes of contact heat evoked potentials (CHEPs). European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2008; 25 Supplement 44: 222. |
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Schestatsky P, Llado´-Carbo´ E, Casanova-Molla J, A ´ lvarez-Blanco S, Valls-Sole J. Small Fibre Function in Patients with Meralgia Paresthetica. Pain 2008. 139 (2); 342-8. |
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Chi-Chao Chao, Song-Chou Hsieh, Ming-Tsung Tseng, Yang-Chyuan Chang, Sung-Tsang Hsieh. Patterns of Contact Heat Evoked Potentials (CHEP) in Neuropathy with Skin Denervation: Correlation of CHEP Amplitude with Intraepidermal Nerve Fiber Density. Clinical Neurophysiology 119 (2008) 653–661
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Wydenkeller S, Wirz R, Halder P. Spinothalamic tract conduction velocity estimated using contact heat evoked potentials: what needs to be considered. Clin Neurophysiol. 2008;119(4):812-21. |
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Tran TD, Matre D, Casey KL. An inhibitory interaction of human cortical responses to stimuli preferentially exciting Adelta or C fibers. Neuroscience. 2008;152(3):798-808.
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Derbyshire SWG, Osborn J. Enhancement of offset analgesia during sequential testing. European Journal of Pain 2008, Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages 980-989.
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Granovsky Y, Granot M, Nir RR, Yarnitsky D. Objective correlate of subjective pain perception by contact heat evoked potentials. J Pain. 2008 Jan;9 (1): 53-63. |
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Granot, M., Weissman-Fogel, I., Crispel, Y., Pud, D., Granovsky, Y., Sprecher, E., Yarnitsky, D. Determinants of endogenous analgesia magnitude in a diffuse noxious inhibitory control (DNIC) paradigm: Do conditioning stimulus painfulness, gender and personality variables matter? Pain . 2008 May; 136 (1-2): 142-149.
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Yarnitsky, D., Crispel, Y., Eisenberg, E., Granovsky, Y., Ben-Nun, A., Sprecher, E., Best, LA., Granot, M. Prediction of chronic post-operative pain: Pre-operative DNIC testing identifies patients at risk. PAIN. 2008 Aug. 15; 138 (1): 22-28 |
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Stancak A., Kozak J., Vrba I., Tintera J., Vrana J., Polacek H., Stancak M. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral activation during spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome patients. European Journal of Pain 12 (2008) 137–148. |
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Yarnitsky D, Crispel Y, Eisenberg E, et al. Prediction of chronic post-operative pain: pre-operative DNIC testing identifies patients at risk. Pain. 2008;138(1):22-8.
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Staud R, Bovee CE, Robinson ME, Price DD. Cutaneous C-fiber pain abnormalities of fibromyalgia patients are specifically related to temporal summation. Pain. 2008;139(2):315-23. |
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Roberts K, Papadaki A, Goncalves C, et al. Contact heat evoked potentials using simultaneous EEG and fMRI and their correlation with evoked pain. BMC Anesthesiol. 2008;8(1):8
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Product News:
Medoc had released the new PATHWAY software v. 3.5, which includes the following new features:
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Powerful Analysis Reports Generator. |
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Levels test method improvements. |
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The above features add-up to the PATHWAY software v.3.2 and v.3.4, which include the following features:
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4-bit TTL options improvments |
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SQL server 2005 express |
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Vista support |
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Levels test method |
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TSL test method |
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Body Site management and selection options |
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Report Generator |
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Normative Data display |
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Event marking |
Company News:
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In the last couple of years, Medoc had decided to expend its activities by exclusively representing international companies for pain management solutions and products in the Israeli market. The company established a new in-house division to manage the new commerce activities in Israel. |
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In 2007, Medoc had signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Boston Scientific from the U.S. f or the distribution of the "Precision Plus" used for Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) procedure for chronic pain sufferers.
During 2007, Medoc had also signed an agreement with NeuroTherm Company from the UK for distributing their Radio Frequency (RF) system named "NT1000" together with matching disposables (needles and electrodes).
In Early 2008, Medoc had signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Epimed Company (USA), a manufacturer and a worldwide leader in high-quality needles for nerve blocks and epidural injections.
In 2009, Medoc IL signed an agreement with HydroCision Company (USA) for spine surgery to simultaneously cut, ablate and remove hard & soft tissues quickly, safely and effectively.
These exclusive representations put Medoc in a position to offer various types of pain diagnosis and treatment solutions in the Israeli market.
All four companies are known as market leaders and provide significant added value to HMO’s and patients for effectively treating pain in different levels.
The goal of the commercial division at Medoc is to manage sales and to provide state of the art service to doctors and patients. It is Medoc intention to expand these commercial activities over the next years to other medical fields as well.
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