Publications and Abstracts

November 2023

Annu Navani, MD. Biologics in Interventional Spinal Procedure: The Past, the Present, and the Vision. Narrative Review. Pain Physician 2023; 26:E775-E785 • ISSN 2150-1149


September 2023

Annu Navani, MD. A Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Approach to Chronic Pain Patients in the Post-COVID-19 Era. Literature Review. Pain Physician 2023; 26:457-466 • ISSN 1533-3159


April 2023

EmiliyaRakhamimova, Jereen Chowdhury, Annu Navani. Hemostasis. Exosomes, PRP, Stem cells in Musculoskeletal medicine: A complete guide to Regenerative Medicine book 1st Edition 2022. ISBN 979-83-90973-86-8.


October 2022

LaxmaiahManchikanti, MD,Nebojsa Nick Knezevic PhD, EmilijaKnezevic.Salahadin Abdi, MD,Mahendra R. Sanapati, MD,Amol Soin, MD,Bradley W. Wargo, MD, Annu Navani, MDSairam Atluri. MD,Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Thomas T. Simopoulos, MD, RadomirKosanovic, MD,Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD,Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, PhD. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysisof the Effectiveness of Radiofrequency Neurotomy in Managing Chronic Neck Pain. Pain Ther https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-022-00455-0


August 2021

osé Fábio Santos Duarte Lana, Anna Vitória Santos Duarte Lana, Quézia Souza Rodrigues, Gabriel Silva Santos, Riya Navani, Annu Navani, Lucas Furtado da Fonseca, Gabriel Ohana Marques Azzini, Thiago Setti, Tomas Mosaner, Claudio Lopes Simplicio, Taís Mazzini Setti. Nebulization of glutathione and N-Acetylcysteine as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19 onset. Advances in Redox Research 3 (2021) 100015.


May 2020

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Amol Soin, MD, Sheri Albers, DO, Douglas Beall, MD, Richard Latchaw, MD, Mahendra R. Sanapati, MD, Shalini Shah, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, Steve Aydin, DO, Sanjay Bakshi, MD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, Ricardo Buenaventura, MD, Joseph Cabaret, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Paul J. Christo, MD, Lynn Cintron, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Christopher Gharibo, MD, Jay Grider, DO, PhD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Bill Haney, MD, Michael E. Harned, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Jessica Jameson, MD, Sunny Jha, MD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, BS, Annu Navani, MD, Gabor Racz, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Cyril Philip, MD, Kartic Rajput, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Rachana Vanaparthy, MBBS, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD. Comprehensive Evidence-Based Guidelines for Facet Joint Interventions in the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines. Pain Physician 2020; 23:S1-S127.


March 2020

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Christopher J. Centeno, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Shane Shapiro, MD, Gerard A. Malanga, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, Mairin Jerome, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Douglas Beall, MD, Don Buford, MD, Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Ricardo M. Buenaventura, MD, Joseph A. Cabaret, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Cameron Cartier, MD, Richard Latchaw, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Ehren Dodson, PhD, Zachary Fausel, MD, Michael Fredericson, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Mayank Gupta, MD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Matthew Lucas, DO, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, BS, R. Amadeus Mason, MD, Kenneth Mautner, MD, Samuel Murala, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Sarah Pastoriza, Do, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Cyril Philip, MD, Mahendra R. Sanapati, MD, Theodore Sand, PhD, Rinoo V. Shah, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Ian Stemper, MS, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Philippe Hernigou, MD. Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) Therapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evidence-Based Policy Position Statement of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP).


January 2019

Annu Navani, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Richard E. Latchaw, MD, Jaya Sanapati, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Sairam Atluri, MD,Sheldon Jordan, MD, Ashim Gupta, PhD, MBA, David Cedeno, PhD, Alejandro Vallejo, BS, Bert Fellows, MA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Miguel Pappolla, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Sanjay Bakshi, MD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD, Art Watanabe, MD, Douglas Beall, MD, Todd P. Stitik, MD, Patrick M. Foye, MD, Erik M. Helander, MBBS, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD. Responsible, Safe, and Effective Use of Biologics in the Management of Low Back Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines. Pain Physician 2019; 22:S1S74.


May 2018

Navani A, Ambach A, Navani R, Wei J. Biologics for Lumbar Discogenic Pain: 18 Month Follow-up for Safety and Efficacy. IPM 2018;3;111-118


April 2017

Navani A, Chrystal J. Regenerative Medicine for Spine and Orthopedic Conditions. Book Chapter 45 in Symptom Oriented Pain Management-2nd edition.


December 2017

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Adam M Kaye, PharmD, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Heath McAnally, MD, Konstantin Slavin, MD, Andrea M. Trescot, MD, Susan Blank, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, Jay S. Grider, DO, PhD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Kavita N. Manchikanti, MD, Harold Cordner, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Michael E. Harned, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Sairam Atluri, MD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Sanjay Bakshi, MD, Robert L. Barkin, PharmD, Ramsin M. Benyamin, MD, Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD, Ricardo M. Buenaventura, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, David L. Cedeno, PhD, Sukdeb Datta, MD, Timothy R. Deer, MD, Bert Fellows, MA, Vincent Galan, MD, Vahid Grami, MD, MPH, Hans Hansen, MD, Standiford Helm II, MD, Rafael Justiz, MD, Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, MD, Yogesh Malla, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Kent H Nouri, MD, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Nalini Sehgal, MD, Sanford M. Silverman, MD, Thomas T. Simopoulos, MD, Vijay Singh, MD, Daneshvari R. Solanki, MD, Peter S. Staats, MD, Ricardo Vallejo, MD, PhD, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, Arthur Watanabe, MD, and Joshua A. Hirsch, MD. Responsible, Safe, and Effective Prescription of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Guidelines. Pain Physician 2017; 20:S3-S92


March 2017

Navani A, Ambach MA, Wei JJ, Gupta D. Biologic Therapies for Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Disease: A Review of Novel Applications. J Stem Cells Res, Rev & Rep. 2017; 4(1): 1023.


February 2017

Navani A, Li G, Chrystal J. Platelet-rich Plasma in Musculoskeletal Pathology: A Necessary Rescue or a Lost Cause? Narrative Review. Pain Physician 2017; 20:E345-E356.


January 2017

Navani A. The Inevitable Evolution: How Technology has transformed Physician Patient Partnership. Invited Editorial for Journal on Recent Advances in Pain.


December 2016

Navani A, Hames A. Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injections for Lumbar Discogenic Pain: A Preliminary Assessment of Structural and Functional Changes. Techniques of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2015(19): 38-44.


November 2016

Navani A, Gupta D. Intra-articular PRP in Sacro-iliac Joint Pain. Techniques of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2015(19): 54-59.


December 2015

Navani A as one of the authors in, Prospective Global Registry Assessing Quality of Life Following Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.


November 2015

Navani A as one of the authors in, Advanced SCS with Anatomically-Guided Neural Targeting: A View from The Prospective 4800 Patient Global Registry. Encore poster presentation at the 14thAnnual Pain Medicine Meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Miami, FL.


July 2015

Loudermilk E, Roth D, Willoughby C, Brewer R, Berg A, McCarty A, Atallah N. J, Smith S, Rauck R, Hegarty J, Phillips G, Haider N, Phelps B. J, Crooks T. M, Lawrence M, Bojrab L, Kim C, Ahmed S, Lee A, Brennan J, Snook T. L, Assil K, Gwinn R, Navani A, Gupta M, Mambalam P, Murillo A, Raso L, McLeod M. Carroll, Trobridge A, Rosenow J, F. Mikhael M, Sanapati M, Candido K, Deogaonkar M, North J, Lechleiter K, Huynh D, Jain R, Bobrov- M. Advanced SCS with anatomically-guided neural targeting: a view from the prospective 4800 patient global registry. 23rd Annual International Spine Intervention Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, July 2015.


June 2015

Navani A. Epidural and Intradiscal Biologics for treatment of Low Back Pain. Sixth Annual PRP and Regenerative Medicine Symposium, The Orthobiologic Institute, Las Vegas, NV.


June 2015

Navani A. Platelet-rich Plasma for treatment of non-healing wounds- A case report. Sixth Annual PRP and Regenerative Medicine Symposium, The Orthobiologic Institute, Las Vegas, NV.


May 2015

Gong Z, Fishman M, Coleman S, Navani A & Ottestad E. Flare of CRPS symptoms after lidocaine infusion. 34th Annual American Pain Society Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, May 2015.


June 2013

Navani A, Li G. Pneumocephalus as a complication of Spinal Cord Stimulation: a case report and review of literature. International Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany.


August 2011

Navani A. Chronic Pain Management: Opioid Prescription Guidelines and Compliance Monitoring. American Medical Woman Association South Bay Newsletter August 2011.


May 2011

Navani A, Banerjee A, Thomson S. Global Diversity in the access and use of Spinal cord and Peripheral nerve Stimulation (GDSPS): a survey in collaboration with International Neuromodulation Society. International Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, London, UK.


December 2010

Navani A, Zyskina M. Simultaneous Use of Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation in Concurrent but Distinct Pain Syndromes. Poster presentation at North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.


March 2010

Navani A. A letter to the editor for Current Treatments in the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain. Pain Medicine News 2010, 8(3):7.


April 2009

Navani A. Pain board review. McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review Pain Medicine Paperback.


October 2006

Navani A, Mahajan G, Kreis P, Fishman SM. A case of pulsed radiofrequency lesioning for occipital neuralgia. Pain Medicine 2006, 7(5):453-457.


July 2004

Smith H, Navani A, Fishman SM. Radiopharmaceuticals for palliation of painful osseous metastases. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2004, 21(4):303-313.


September 2003

Navani A, Mahajan G, Kreis P, Fishman SM. The role of gadolinium in interventional pain management as an alternative to iodinated contrast agents.


February 2003

Navani A, Dominguez CL, Fishman SM. Injections of the past that reveal themselves under fluoroscope today: fluoroscopic evidence of remote injections of radiopaque substances. American Academy of Pain Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.


February 2003

Navani A, Kreis PG, Fishman SM. A case of pulsed radiofrequency lesioning for occipital neuralgia. American Academy of Pain Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.


February 2003

Navani A, Mahajan G, Kreis P, Fishman SM. The role of gadolinium in interventional pain management as an alternative to iodinated contrast agents. American Academy of Pain Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.


January 2003

Navani A. The role of gadolinium in interventional pain management as an alternative to iodinated contrast agents. Pain Medicine Network report from American Academy of Pain Medicine meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.


April 2002

Navani A, Cheng E. Ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation- poster, video and hands-on workshop. International Anesthesia Research Society. San Diego, California.


October 2002

Navani A, Cheng E. USG central venous cannulation- poster, video and hands-on workshop. American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. Orlando, Florida.


December 2001

Navani A, Cheng E. Ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation. Postgraduate assembly (PGA55) meeting. New York, New York.


October 2001

Arain SR, Navani A, Ebert TJ. The effects of thiopental, generic and non-generic Propofol on respiratory resistance during anesthetic induction in patients with reactive airways. American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.


August 2001

Navani A, Rusy LM, Jacobson RD, Weisman SJ. Treatment of tremor in complex regional pain syndrome. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2003, 25(4):386-390.


March 2001

Navani A, Rusy LM, Jacobson RD, Weisman SJ. Treatment of tremor in complex regional pain syndrome. Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


March 2001

Navani A, Nijhawan N. Intrathecal opioids for post cesarean section analgesia- Current status and future directions. Review study poster presentation. Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


March 2000

Navani A, Olund TM, Stowe DF. Unexpected apnea and asystole with Propofol for sedation. Case report poster and slide presentation. Midwest Anesthesia Resident Conference. Chicago, Illinois.


September 2000

Arain SR, Navani A, Ebert TJ. The effects of thiopental, generic and non-generic Propofol on respiratory resistance during anesthetic induction in patients with reactive airways. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2002, 14(4):257-261.


February 1998

Jeong MC, Navani A, Oksenberg JR. Limited Allelic Polymorphisms in the Human IL-3gene. Molecular and Cellular Probes 1998; 12:1:49-53.