Journal of Pain ResearchDovepressopen access to scientific and medical researchREVIEWBest Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosisand Treatment of Vertebrogenic Painwith Basivertebral Nerve Ablation fromthe American Society of Pain and NeuroscienceDawood Sayed,Ramana K Naidu23,Kiran V Patel,Natalie H Strand5,Pankaj Mehta5Christopher M Lam,Vinicius Tieppo Francio,Samir Sheth,Anthony Giuffrida,Brian Durkin0Nasir Khatri,Shashank Vodapally2,Christopher O James3,Benjamin D Westerhaus,Adam Rupp,Newaj M Abdullah4,Kasra Amirdelfan'5,Erika A Petersen,Douglas P Beall,Timothy R Deer8Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.The University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City,KS.USA:2Anesthesiology.CaliforiaOrthopedics Spine,Marin,CA,USA;3Pain Management,MarinHealth Medical Center,Marin,CA,USA;Interventional Pain Management/Anesthesiology.The Spine&Pain Institute of New York.New York City.NY.USA;5Interventional Pain Management.Mayo Clinic.Scottsdale.AZ.USA;5Clinical Research,Pain Specialists of Austin,Austin,TX,USA;Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,University of Kansas Medical Center,Kansas City.KS,USA;Interventional Pain Management,Sutter Health,Roseville,CA,USA;Cantor Spine Center,Paley Orthopedic and SpineInstitute Fort Lauderdale FL,USA;Pain Institute of Long Island,Port Jefferson,NY.USA;Interventional Pain Medicine Novant Health CharlotteNC,USA:Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,Michigan State University.East Lansing,Ml,USA;Department of Physical Medicine andRehabilitation.University of Kentucky.Lexington.KY.USA:Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology.University of Utah Salt Lake City,UT.USA;I5ClinicalResearch,IPM Medical Group.Inc,Walnut Creek CA.USA:Department of Neurosurgery.University of Arkansas for Medical Science,Little RockAR,USA;7Comprehensive Specialty Care,Edmond,OK,USA;I8The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias,Charleston,WV.USACorrespondence:Dawood Sayed.The University of Kansas Medical Center,391 Rainbow Blvd,Kansas City.KS,66160.USA Tel +I913-588-5521.Email dsayed I @yahoo.comAbstract:Chronic low back pain is a worldwide leading cause of pain and disability.Degenerative disc disease has been thepresumptive etiology in the majority of cases of chronic low back pain(CLBP).More recent study and treatments have discovered thatthe vertebral endplates play a large role in CLBP in a term defined as vertebrogenic back pain.As the vertebral endplates are highlyinnervated via the basivertebral nerve(BVN),this has resulted in a reliable target in treating patients suffering from vertebrogenic lowback pain (VLBP).The application of BVN ablation for patients suffering from VLBP is still in its early stages of adoption andintegration into spine care pathways.BVN ablation is grounded in a solid foundation of both pre-clinical and clinical evidence.Withthe emergence of this therapeutic option,the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)identified the need for formalevidence-based guidelines for the proper identification and selection of patien
