Publications

  1. Gudmundsdottir H, Ubl DS, Yost KJ, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Thiels CA. Finding the Balance Between Reduced Opioid Prescribing and Patient-reported Pain Management Among General Surgery Patients. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 1; 278 (2):208-215 Epub 2022 Aug 26
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  2. Westcott KL, Swanson AK, Zavaleta KW, Gazelka HM, Philpot LM, Cunningham JL. Pharmacists' perspectives on opioid stewardship challenges. J Opioid Manag. 2023 May-Jun; 19 (3):239-245
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  3. Cunningham JL, Bremseth KA, Crane SJ, Gazelka HM, Gilliam WP, Haag JD, Melin GJ, Lai B. Multidisciplinary Controlled Substance Advisory Group Provides Support to the Primary Care Provider. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 May; 97 (5):830-834 Epub 2022 Apr 09
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  4. Clements CM, Hanson KT, Zavaleta KW, Stitz AM, Clark SE, Schwarz RR, Homan JR, Larson MV, Habermann EB, Gazelka HM, Mayo Clinic Care Network Acute Opioid Prescribing Collaborative. Collaborative improvement on acute opioid prescribing among diverse health systems. PLoS One. 2022; 17 (6):e0270179 Epub 2022 June 23
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  5. Goyal A, Payne S, Sangaralingham LR, Jeffery MM, Naessens JM, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Krauss WE, Spinner RJ, Bydon M. Variations in Postoperative Opioid Prescription Practices and Impact on Refill Prescriptions Following Lumbar Spine Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2021 Sep; 153:e112-e130 Epub 2021 June 18
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  6. Krauss WE, Habermann EB, Goyal A, Ubl DS, Alvi MA, Whipple DC, Glasgow AE, Gazelka HM, Bydon M. Impact of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines on Postoperative Opioid Prescriptions Following Elective Spine Surgery: Results From an Institutional Quality Improvement Initiative. Neurosurgery. 2021 Aug 16; 89 (3):460-470
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  7. Goyal A, Payne S, Sangaralingham LR, Jeffery MM, Naessens JM, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Krauss W, Spinner RJ, Bydon M. Incidence and risk factors for prolonged postoperative opioid use following lumbar spine surgery: a cohort study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Aug 6; 35 (5):583-591 Epub 2021 Aug 06
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  8. O'Rourke MJ, Keshock MC, Boxhorn CE, Correll DJ, O'Glasser AY, Gazelka HM, Urman RD, Mauck K. Preoperative Management of Opioid and Nonopioid Analgesics: Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) Consensus Statement. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 May; 96 (5):1325-1341 Epub 2021 Feb 19
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  9. Wyles CC, Thiels CA, Hevesi M, Ubl DS, Gazelka HM, Turner NS 3rd, Trousdale RT, Pagnano MW, Mabry TM, Habermann EB. Patient Opioid Requirements Are Often Far Less Than Their Discharge Prescription After Orthopaedic Surgery: the Results of a Prospective Multicenter Survey. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Apr 1; 29 (7):e345-e353
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  10. Zavaleta KW, Philpot LM, Cunningham JL, Gazelka HM, Geyer HL, Rismeyer DL, Stitz AM, Clements CM. Why we still prescribe so many opioids: A qualitative study on -barriers and facilitators to prescribing guideline implementation. J Opioid Manag. 2021 Mar-Apr; 17 (2):115-124
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  11. Goyal A, Bhandarkar AR, Kerezoudis P, Lamer TJ, Gazelka HM, Belzberg AJ, North RB, Bydon M. Trends in Utilization and Cost of Inpatient Spinal Cord Stimulation: Analysis of Data from 2008 to 2014. World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar; 147:e171-e188 Epub 2020 Dec 25
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  12. Doherty RJ, Yolcu YU, Wahood W, Zreik J, Goyal A, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Abode-Iyamah K, Freedman BA, Bydon M. Is postoperative atelectasis following lumbar fusion more prevalent among patients with chronic opioid use? Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Dec; 199:106308 Epub 2020 Oct 14
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  13. Chou CZ, Hopkins TJ, Badiola I, Gazelka HM, Gohil S, Kitt A, Luke WR, Vaughan CL, Jones CA, Varhabhatla N. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Interventional Pain and Procedures. J Palliat Med. 2020 Oct; 23 (10):1386-1391 Epub 2020 Aug 27
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  14. Doherty RJ, Wahood W, Yolcu YU, Zreik J, Goyal A, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Sebastian A, Bydon M. Chronic opioid use is associated with increased postoperative urinary retention, length of stay and non-routine discharge following lumbar fusion surgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Oct; 197:106161 Epub 2020 Aug 19
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  15. Covington EC, Argoff CE, Ballantyne JC, Cowan P, Gazelka HM, Hooten WM, Kertesz SG, Manhapra A, Murphy JL, Stanos SP Jr, Sullivan MD. Ensuring Patient Protections When Tapering Opioids: Consensus Panel Recommendations. Mayo Clin Proc 2020 Oct; 95 (10):2155-2171
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  16. Warner NS, Finnie D, Warner DO, Hooten WM, Mauck KF, Cunningham JL, Gazelka H, Bydon M, Huddleston PM, Habermann EB. The System Is Broken: A Qualitative Assessment of Opioid Prescribing Practices After Spine Surgery. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Sep; 95 (9):1906-1915 Epub 2020 July 28
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  17. Ziegelmann M, Joseph J, Glasgow A, Tyson M, Pak R, Gazelka H, Leibovich B, Habermann E, Gettman M. Comparison of prescribing patterns before and after implementation of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines for the postoperative urologic surgery patient. Am J Surg. 2020 Aug; 220 (2):499-504 Epub 2019 Dec 06
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  18. Geyer HL, Gazelka H, Mesa R. How I treat pain in hematologic malignancies safely with opioid therapy. Blood. 2020 Jun 25; 135 (26):2354-2364
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  19. Warner NS, Habermann EB, Hooten WM, Hanson AC, Schroeder DR, St Sauver JL, Huddleston PM, Bydon M, Cunningham JL, Gazelka HM, Warner DO. Association Between Spine Surgery and Availability of Opioid Medication. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jun 1; 3 (6):e208974 Epub 2020 June 01
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  20. Warner NS, Warner MA, Cunningham JL, Gazelka HM, Hooten WM, Kolla B, Warner DO. A Practical Approach for the Management of the Mixed Opioid Agonist-Antagonist Buprenorphine During Acute Pain and Surgery. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Jun; 95 (6):1253-1267 Epub 2020 Feb 13
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  21. Gazelka HM, Clements CM, Cunningham JL, Geyer HL, Lovely JK, Olson CL, Philpot LM, Porter SB, Witt TJ, Zavaleta KW, Habermann EB. An Institutional Approach to Managing the Opioid Crisis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 May; 95 (5):968-981 Epub 2020 Mar 11
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  22. Gazelka HM, Leal JC, Lapid MI, Rummans TA. Opioids in Older Adults: Indications, Prescribing, Complications, and Alternative Therapies for Primary Care. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Apr; 95 (4):793-800
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  23. Wyles CC, Hevesi M, Ubl DS, Habermann EB, Gazelka HM, Trousdale RT, Turner NS 3rd, Pagnano MW, Mabry TM. Implementation of Procedure-Specific Opioid Guidelines: A Readily Employable Strategy to Improve Consistency and Decrease Excessive Prescribing Following Orthopaedic Surgery. JB JS Open Access. 2020 Jan-Mar; 5 (1):e0050 Epub 2020 Mar 03
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  24. D'Souza RS, Shen S, Ojukwu F, Gazelka HM, Pulos BP. Partnering with Palliative Care: A Case Report of Severe Pain in Critical Limb Ischemia Treated Successfully with a Continuous Popliteal Nerve Catheter. Case Rep Anesthesiol. 2020; 2020:1054521 Epub 2020 Apr 06
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  25. Pittelkow TP, Hagedorn JM, Bendel MA, Eldrige JS, Pingree MJ, Mauck WD, Gazelka HM, Lamer TJ, Sanders RA, Billinges HA, Moeschler SM. Pain medicine fellow neuromodulation surgical skill assessment tool: a pilot. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 Nov 6 Epub 2019 Nov 06
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  26. Hagedorn JM, Pittelkow T, Warner N, Furnish T, Brancolini S, Schroeder DR, Gazelka H, Moeschler S. Gender of pain medicine leadership and trainees: a survey study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 Oct 19 [Epub ahead of print]
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  27. Sharpe EE, Gazelka HM, Arendt KW. Postdural puncture headache with extensive spread of lumbar-cervical epidural cerebrospinal fluid. Can J Anaesth. 2019 Oct; 66 (10):1261-1262 Epub 2019 June 04
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  28. Lamer TJ, Moeschler SM, Gazelka HM, Hooten WM, Bendel MA, Murad MH. Spinal Stimulation for the Treatment of Intractable Spine and Limb Pain: A Systematic Review of RCTs and Meta-Analysis. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Aug; 94 (8):1475-1487 Epub 2019 July 03
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  29. Lopez JJ, Warner NS, Arpey CJ, Baum CL, Brewer JD, Otley CC, Gazelka HM, Roenigk RK. Opioid prescribing for acute postoperative pain after cutaneous surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Mar; 80 (3):743-748 Epub 2018 Oct 02
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  30. Ziegelmann MJ, Joseph JP, Glasgow AE, Tyson MD, Pak RW, Gazelka HM, Schatz AL, Leibovich BC, Habermann EB, Gettman MT. Wide Variation in Opioid Prescribing After Urological Surgery in Tertiary Care Centers. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 Feb; 94 (2):262-274
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  31. Wyles CC, Hevesi M, Trousdale ER, Ubl DS, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Trousdale RT, Pagnano MW, Mabry TM. The 2018 Chitranjan S. Ranawat, MD Award: Developing and Implementing a Novel Institutional Guideline Strategy Reduced Postoperative Opioid Prescribing After TKA and THA. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2019 Jan; 477 (1):104-113
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  32. Pollard EM, Lamer TJ, Moeschler SM, Gazelka HM, Hooten WM, Bendel MA, Warner NS, Murad MH. The effect of spinal cord stimulation on pain medication reduction in intractable spine and limb pain: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis. J Pain Res. 2019; 12:1311-1324 Epub 2019 Apr 30
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  33. Moeschler SM, Warner NS, Gazelka HM. #WomeninPainMedicine: We Are Here. Reg Anesth Pain Med 2018 Oct; 43 (7):809-810
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  34. Thiels CA, Ubl DS, Yost KJ, Dowdy SC, Mabry TM, Gazelka HM, Cima RR, Habermann EB. Results of a Prospective, Multicenter Initiative Aimed at Developing Opioid-prescribing Guidelines After Surgery. Ann Surg. 2018 Sep; 268 (3):457-468
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  35. Ebbert JO, Philpot LM, Clements CM, Lovely JK, Nicholson WT, Jenkins SM, Lamer TJ, Gazelka HM. Attitudes, Beliefs, Practices, and Concerns Among Clinicians Prescribing Opioids in a Large Academic Institution. Pain Med. 2018 Sep 1; 19 (9):1790-1798
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  36. Stewart TM, Pulos N, Curry TB, Gazelka HM, Brown MJ, Shin AY. Team Approach: Multimodal Perioperative Pain Management in Upper-Extremity Surgery: Combating the Opioid Epidemic. JBJS Rev. 2018 Aug; 6 (8):e5
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  37. Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Polites SF, Gazelka HM, Ray-Zack MD, Zielinski MD, Habermann EB. The opioid epidemic in acute care surgery-Characteristics of overprescribing following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jul; 85 (1):62-70
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  38. Sanders RA, Hoelzer BC, Bendel MA, Lamer TJ, Pittelkow TP, Eldrige JS, Pingree MJ, Moeschler SM, Gazelka HM, Mauck WD, Rho RH. Utilization of Leads After Permanent Implant in Spinal Cord Stimulator Systems. Pain Pract. 2018 Jun; 18 (5):562-567 Epub 2017 Nov 20
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  39. Kramer NM, Gazelka HM, Thompson VH, Batsis JA, Swetz KM. Challenges to Safe and Effective Pain Management in Patients With Super Obesity: Case Report and Literature Review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Mar; 55 (3):1047-1052 Epub 2017 Nov 16
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  40. Lamer TJ, Dickson RR, Gazelka HM, Nicholson WT, Reid JM, Moeschler SM, Hooten WM. Serum Triamcinolone Levels following Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Injection. Pain Res Manag. 2018; 2018:8474127 Epub 2018 Mar 21
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  41. Warner NS, Bendel MA, Warner MA, Strand JJ, Gazelka HM, Hoelzer BC, Mauck WD, Lamer TJ, Kor DJ, Moeschler SM. Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation. Pain Med. 2017 Dec 1; 18 (12):2422-2427
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  42. Warner NS, Hooten WM, Warner MA, Lamer TJ, Eldrige JS, Gazelka HM, Kor DJ, Hoelzer BC, Mauck WD, Moeschler SM. Bleeding and Neurologic Complications in 58,000 Interventional Pain Procedures. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2017 Nov/Dec; 42 (6):782-787
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  43. Thiels CA, Anderson SS, Ubl DS, Hanson KT, Bergquist WJ, Gray RJ, Gazelka HM, Cima RR, Habermann EB. Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery. Ann Surg. 2017 Oct; 266 (4):564-573
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  44. Scanlon MM, Gazelka HM, Moeschler SM, Hoelzer BC, Hooten WM, Bendel MA, Lamer TJ. Surgical Site Infections in Cancer Patients with Intrathecal Drug Delivery Devices. Pain Med. 2017 Mar 1; 18 (3):520-525
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  45. Deer TR, Pope JE, Hayek SM, Bux A, Buchser E, Eldabe S, De Andres JA, Erdek M, Patin D, Grider JS, Doleys DM, Jacobs MS, Yaksh TL, Poree L, Wallace MS, Prager J, Rauck R, DeLeon O, Diwan S, Falowski SM, Gazelka HM, Kim P, Leong M, Levy RM, McDowell II, McRoberts P, Naidu R, Narouze S, Perruchoud C, Rosen SM, Rosenberg WS, Saulino M, Staats P, Stearns LJ, Willis D, Krames E, Huntoon M, Mekhail N. The Polyanalgesic Consensus Conference (PACC): Recommendations on Intrathecal Drug Infusion Systems Best Practices and Guidelines. Neuromodulation. 2017 Feb; 20 (2):96-132 Epub 2017 Jan 02
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  46. Aiudi CM, Hooten WM, Sanders RA, Watson JC, Moeschler SM, Gazelka HM, Hoelzer BC, Eldrige JS, Qu W, Lamer TJ. Outcomes of C1-2 joint injections. J Pain Res. 2017; 10:2263-2269 Epub 2017 Sept 18
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  47. Pasalic D, Gazelka HM, Topazian RJ, Buchhalter LC, Ottenberg AL, Webster TL, Swetz KM, Mueller PS. Palliative Care Consultation and Associated End-of-Life Care After Pacemaker or Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Deactivation. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2016 Dec; 33: (10)966-971.
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  48. Moeschler SM, Warner NS, Lamer TJ, Bendel MA, Warner MA, Eldrige JS, Mauck WD, Gazelka HM, Kor DJ, Hoelzer BC. Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulator Trials and Implantations. Pain Med. 2016 Nov; 17 (11):2076-2081 Epub 2016 June 12
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  49. Matzke LL, Lamer TJ, Gazelka HM. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Associated With Erythromelalgia. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Sep-Oct; 41 (5):619-20
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  50. Lamer TJ, Smith J, Hoelzer BC, Mauck WD, Qu W, Gazelka HM. Safety of Lumbar Spine Radiofrequency Procedures in Patients Who Have Posterior Spinal Hardware. Pain Med. 2016 Sep; 17 (9):1634-7 Epub 2016 Jan 13
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  51. Sanders RA, Moeschler SM, Gazelka HM, Lamer TJ, Wang Z, Qu W, Hoelzer BC. Patient Outcomes and Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Retrospective Case Series Evaluating Patient Satisfaction, Pain Scores, and Opioid Requirements. Pain Pract. 2016 Sep; 16 (7):899-904 Epub 2015 Aug 27
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  52. Warner NS, Moeschler SM, Warner MA, Hoelzer BC, Eldrige JS, Bendel MA, Mauck WD, Watson JC, Gazelka HM, Lamer TJ, Kor DJ, Hooten WM. Bleeding Complications in Patients Undergoing Celiac Plexus Block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jul-Aug; 41 (4):488-93
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  53. Hooten WM, Nicholson WT, Gazelka HM, Reid JM, Moeschler SM, Lamer TJ. Serum Triamcinolone Levels Following Interlaminar Epidural Injection. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Jan-Feb; 41 (1):75-9
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  54. Gazelka HM, Welch TL, Nassr A, Lamer TJ. Safety of lumbar spine radiofrequency procedures in the presence of posterior pedicle screws: technical report of a cadaver study. Pain Med. 2015 May; 16: (5)877-80.
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  55. Gazelka HM, Freeman ED, Hooten WM, Eldrige JS, Hoelzer BC, Mauck WD, Moeschler SM, Pingree MJ, Rho RH, Lamer TJ. Incidence of clinically significant percutaneous spinal cord stimulator lead migration. Neuromodulation. 2015 Feb; 18 (2):123-5; discussion 125 Epub 2014 May 05
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  56. Gazelka HM, Knievel S, Mauck WD, Moeschler SM, Pingree MJ, Rho RH, Lamer TJ. Incidence of neuropathic pain after radiofrequency denervation of the third occipital nerve. J Pain Res. 2014; 7:195-8 Epub 2014 Apr 10
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  57. Moeschler SM, Murthy NS, Hoelzer BC, Gazelka HM, Rho RH, Pingree MJ. Ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane injection with computed tomography correlation: a cadaveric study. J Pain Res. 2013; 6:493-6 Epub 2013 July 01
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  58. Gazelka HM, Burgher AH, Huntoon MA, Mantilla CB, Hoelzer BC. Determination of the particulate size and aggregation of clonidine and corticosteroids for epidural steroid injection. Pain Physician. 2012 Jan-Feb; 15 (1):87-93
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  59. Hooten WM, Shi Y, Gazelka HM, Warner DO. The effects of depression and smoking on pain severity and opioid use in patients with chronic pain. Pain. 2011 Jan; 152 (1):223-229 Epub 2010 Dec 03
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  60. Go RS, Gazelka H, Hogan JD, Wester SM. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma: complete remission with fludarabine. Ann Hematol. 2003 Apr; 82(4):247-50. Epub 2003 Mar 18.
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