Recent Publications
The following is a list of published research done at the Florida Spine Institute. To request a full published copy of any articles listed but regardless we want the request to go to contactus@floridaspineinstitute.com with as much information defaulting into the message so that the person does not have to retype info.
Side effects and complications of injection procedures: Anticipation and management
Interventional Spine: An Algorthmic Approach. 2007; Chapter 20.
Botwin KP, Brown LA, Sakalkale D, Savarese R
Advantages of Unilateral TLIF 360 degree fusion
Accepted at World Spine II, Chicago IL, 8/03 and Eastern Orthopedic Society, Dublin Ireland, 7/03.
Moreno AP, Webb SA, Fontenot J, Zak PJ
Electromyographically guided trigger point injections in cervicothoracic musculature of obese patients: A new and unreported technique
Pain Phys 2007; 10:753-756.
Botwin KP, Patel BC
Epidural steroid injections
Minimally Invasive Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine 2007; Chapter 13:203-234.
Botwin KP, Palmissano B, Kancherla V
Fluoroscopically guided caudal epidural steroid injections in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis
Pain Phys 2007; 10:547-558.
Botwin KP, Brown LA, Fishman M, Rao S
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Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 25:401-422.
Botwin KP, Guirguis R
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Thoracic interlaminar epidural steroid injections
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 24:383-400.
Botwin KP, Vettichira S
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Lumbar interlaminar epidural steroid injections
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 23:355-382.
Botwin KP
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Adverse effects of fluoroscopically guided interlaminar thoracic epidural steroid injections
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 85:14-23.
Botwin KP, Baskin M, Rao S
Lumbar Discography
Tech Reg Anes Pain Mgmt 2005; 9:3-12.
Botwin KP, Gruber RG, Savarese R
Epidurography contrast patterns with fluoroscopic guided lumbar transforaminal epidural injections: A prospective evaluation
Pain Physician 2004; 7:211-215
Botwin KP, Natalicchio J, Brown LA
Candida spondylodiscitis: An unusual case of thoracolumbar pain with review of imaging findings and description of the clinical condition
Pain Physician 2004; 7:257-260.
Torres-Ramos FM, Botwin KP, Shah CP
Epidural steroid injections in the treatment of symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis associated with epidural lipomatosis
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 83:926-930.
Botwin KP, Sakalkale DP
Radiation exposure to the spinal interventionalist performing lumbar discography
Pain Physician 2003; 6:295-300.
Botwin KP, Thomas S, Gruber RD, Torres FM, Bouchlas CG, Rittenburg JJ, Rao S
Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Injections
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84:627-633.
Botwin KP, Castellanos R, Rao S, Hanna AF, Torres-Ramos FM, Gruber RD, Bouchlas CG,
Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections in Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis: An Outcome Study
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002;81:898-905.
Botwin KP, Gruber RD, Bouchlas CG, Torres-Ramos FM, Sanelli JT, Freeman ED, Slaten WK, Rao S
Radiation Exposure of the Spinal Interventionalist Performing Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections
Phys Med Rehabil 2002;83:697-701.
Kenneth P Botwin MD, Santhosh Thomas DO, Robert D Gruber DO, Francisco M Torres MD, Constantine G Bouchlas MD, Joshua J Rittenburg MD, Sanjiv Rao MA
Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Caudal Epidural Injections
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:416-424.
Botwin KP, Gruber RD, Bouchlas CG, Torres F, Freeman TL, Slaten WK
Role of Weight-Bearing Flexion and Extension Myelography in Evaluating the Intervertebral Disc
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:289-295.
Botwin KP, Skene G, Torres-Ramos FM, Gruber RD, Bouchlas CG, Shah CP
Sciatic Neuropathy Secondary to Infiltrating Intermuscular Lipoma of the Thigh
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:754-758.
Botwin KP, Shah CP, Zak PJ
Radiation Exposure to a Physician Performing Fluoroscopically Guided Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections
Pain Physician 2001;4:343-348.
Botwin KP, Freeman ED, Gruber RD, Torres FM, Bouchlas CG, Sanelli JT, Hanna AF
Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforaminal Lumbar Epidural Injections
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000;81:1045-1050.
Botwin KP, Gruber RD, Bouchlas CG, Torres F, Freeman TL, Slaten WK
Pathophysiology of Spinal Trauma in Motor Vehicle Accidents
Phys Med Rehabil: State of Art Reviews 1998;18:39-72.