Billy Huh, M.D., Ph.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Javed S, Hung J, Huh BK. Impact of COVID-19 on chronic pain patients: a pain physician's perspective. Pain Manag. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32772631.
2. Kim KH, Seo HJ, Abdi S, Huh B. All about pain pharmacology: what pain physicians should know. Korean J Pain 33(2):108-120, 2020. PMID: 32235011.
3. Roldan CJ, Osuagwu U, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Huh BK. Normal Saline Trigger Point Injections vs Conventional Active Drug Mix for Myofascial Pain Syndromes. Am J Emerg Med 38(2):311-316, 2020. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31477359.
4. Javed S, Huh B. Stability and Compatibility of drug mixtures from intrathecal pump using high performance liquid chromatography. J. of interventional pain physician 4(1):15-21, 2020.
5. Huh B, Chen Y, Elhady DN, Truong NB. The Tunneled Epidural Catheter Can Provide Timely Analgesia for Refractory Cancer Pain-A Case Report. The Journal of Medical Research and Case Reports 2(3), 2020.
6. Roldan CJ, Lo TC, Huh B. Recurrence of complex regional pain syndrome after administration of adenosine. Pain Manag 9(3):233-237, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31140915.
7. Roldan CJ, Huh BK, Chai T, Driver LC, Song J, Thakur S. Sacroiliac joint pain following iliac-bone marrow aspiration and biopsy: a cohort study. Pain Manag 9(3):251-258, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31140935.
8. Roldan CJ, Osuagwu U, Cardenas-Turanzas M, Huh, BK. A randomized blind controlled non-inferiority trial to compare the effectiveness of trigger point injections performed with normal saline (NS) and conventional active drug mix (CADM) in patients with myofascial pain syndromes. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019.
9. Hou S, Huh B, Kim HK, Kim KH, Abdi S. Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Systematic Review and Recommendations. Pain Physician 21(6):571-592, 2018. PMID: 30508986.
10. Roldan CJ, Johnson C, Lee SO, Peng A, Dougherty PM, Huh B. Subclinical Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) Study. Pain Physician 21(4):E419-E427, 2018. PMID: 30045608.
11. Ok HG, Kim SY, Lee SJ, Kim TK, Huh BK, Kim KH. Can oliceridine (TRV130), an ideal novel µ receptor G protein pathway selective (µ-GPS) modulator, provide analgesia without opioid-related adverse reactions?. Korean J Pain 31(2):73-79, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29686804.
12. Roldan CJ, Nouri K, Chai T, Huh B. Methylene Blue for the Treatment of Intractable Pain Associated with Oral Mucositis. Pain Pract. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28226414.
13. Kim YH, Moyse D, Horazeck C, Hsia HL, Roldan CJ, Huh B, Roy L. Lidocaine Infusion Decreases Pain Scores in a Fibromyalgia Pain Population with Significant Differential Pain Relief Secondary to Smoking Status. Glob J Anesth 4(2):016-022, 2017.
14. Thakur S, Huh B, Feng L, Qing Y, Le-Short C. Safety and Comparative Efficacy of Ultrasound-Guided vs Fluorosocopically-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block: A Restrospective Cohort Analysis and focused Review of Literature. Interventional Pain Management Reports 1(4):159-165, 2017.
15. Roldan CJ, Huh BK. Iliocostalis Thoracis-Lumborum Myofascial Pain: Reviewing a Subgroup of a Prospective, Randomized, Blinded Trial. A Challenging Diagnosis with Clinical Implications. Pain Physician 19(6):363-72, 2016. PMID: 27454266.
16. Huh B, Roldan CJ. Magnetic fields and intrathecal pump malfunction. Am J Emerg Med 34(1):115.e5-6, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26008580.
17. Huh B. Image-Guided Versus Pain-Guided Interventional Pain Injection. JSM Pain Manag 1(1):1002, 2016.
18. Yeh CC, Sun HL, Huang CJ, Wong CS, Cherng CH, Huh BK, Wang JS, Chien CC. Long-Term Anti-Allodynic Effect of Immediate Pulsed Radiofrequency Modulation through Down-Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 in a Neuropathic Pain Model. Int J Mol Sci 16(11):27156-70, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26580597.
19. Lee PB, Horazeck C, Nahm FS, Huh BK. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Intractable Headaches: Long-term Efficacy and Safety Study. Pain Physician 18(5):505-16, 2015. PMID: 26431126.
20. Sharan A, Huh B, Narouze S, Trentman T, Mogilner A, Vaisman J, Ordia J, Deer T, Venkatesan L, Slavin K. Analysis of adverse events in the management of chronic migraine by peripheral nerve stimulation. Neuromodulation 18(4):305-12; discussion 312, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25313847.
21. Dodick DW, Silberstein SD, Reed KL, Deer TR, Slavin KV, Huh B, Sharan AD, Narouze S, Mogilner AY, Trentman TL, Ordia J, Vaisman J, Goldstein J, Mekhail N. Safety and efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves for the management of chronic migraine: long-term results from a randomized, multicenter, double-blinded, controlled study. Cephalalgia 35(4):344-58, 2015. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25078718.
22. Horazeck C, Huh AS, Huh BK. Acute rhabdomyolysis in a patient with long-term exposure to intrathecal ziconotide: a case report. Pain Pract 15(3):E34-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25565390.
23. Hsieh XX, Hsieh SW, Lu CH, Wu ZF, Ju DT, Huh B, Wang JC, Kuo CY. A rare case of pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis after epidural anesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan 53(1):47-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25702950.
24. Lee MG, Lee DK, Huh BK, Choi SS, Kim HZ, Lim BG, Kim HS, Choi YS, Hur WS, Lee MK. The effect of clonidine pretreatment on epidural resiniferatoxin in a neuropathic pain rat model. Acta Med Okayama 69(2):95-103, 2015. PMID: 25899631.
25. Hong JH, Huh B, Shin HH. Comparison between digital subtraction angiography and real-time fluoroscopy to detect intravascular injection during lumbar transforaminal epidural injections. Reg Anesth Pain Med 39(4):329-32, 2014. PMID: 24918333.
26. Hong JH, Kim HD, Shin HH, Huh B. Assessment of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain in Korea. Korean J Anesthesiol 66(6):444-50, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25006368.
27. Lad SP, Babu R, Bagley JH, Choi J, Bagley CA, Huh BK, Ugiliweneza B, Patil CG, Boakye M. Utilization of spinal cord stimulation in patients with failed back surgery syndrome. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 39(12):E719-27, 2014. PMID: 24718057.
28. Lin WL, Lin BF, Cherng CH, Huh BK, Ma HI,Lin SL, Wong CS, Yeh CC. Pulsed radipfrequency therapy for relieving neuropathic bone pain in cancer patients. J Med Sci 34(2):84-87, 2014.
29. Hong JH, Kim SY, Huh B, Shin HH. Analysis of inadvertent intradiscal and intravascular injection during lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections: a prospective study. Reg Anesth Pain Med 38(6):520-5, 2013. PMID: 24141875.
30. Kuo CP, Wen LL, Chen CM, Huh B, Cherng CH, Wong CS, Liaw WJ, Yeh CC, Lin BF, Wu CT. Attenuation of neurological injury with early baicalein treatment following subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. J Neurosurg 119(4):1028-37, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23724981.
31. Huang KT, Hazzard MA, Babu R, Ugiliweneza B, Grossi PM, Huh BK, Roy LA, Patil C, Boakye M, Lad SP. Insurance disparities in the outcomes of spinal cord stimulation surgery. Neuromodulation 16(5):428-34; discussion 434-5, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23647668.
32. Lee P, Huh BK. Peripheral nerve stimulation for the treatment of primary headache. Curr Pain Headache Rep 17(3):319, 2013. PMID: 23338771.
33. Silberstein SD, Dodick DW, Saper J, Huh B, Slavin KV, Sharan A, Reed K, Narouze S, Mogilner A, Goldstein J, Trentman T, Vaisman J, Vaisma J, Ordia J, Weber P, Deer T, Levy R, Diaz RL, Washburn SN, Mekhail N. Safety and efficacy of peripheral nerve stimulation of the occipital nerves for the management of chronic migraine: results from a randomized, multicenter, double-blinded, controlled study. Cephalalgia 32(16):1165-79, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23034698.
34. Lee MG, Huh BK, Choi SS, Lee DK, Lim BG, Lee M. The effect of epidural resiniferatoxin in the neuropathic pain rat model. Pain Physician 15(4):287-96, 2012. PMID: 22828682.
35. Low Y, Clarke CF, Huh BK. Opioid-induced hyperalgesia: a review of epidemiology, mechanisms and management. Singapore Med J 53(5):357-60, 2012. PMID: 22584979.
36. Wren AA, Somers TJ, Wright MA, Goetz MC, Leary MR, Fras AM, Huh BK, Rogers LL, Keefe FJ. Self-compassion in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain: relationship of self-compassion to adjustment to persistent pain. J Pain Symptom Manage 43(4):759-70, 2012. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22071165.
37. Wright MA, Wren AA, Somers TJ, Goetz MC, Fras AM, Huh BK, Rogers LL, Keefe FJ. Pain acceptance, hope, and optimism: relationships to pain and adjustment in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. J Pain 12(11):1155-62, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21820969.
38. Clarke C, Azari P, Huh B. Damaged insulation mimicked symptoms of occipital stimulator lead migration. Neuromodulation 14(6):539-40; discussion 541, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 22151503.
39. Hoang JK, Yoshizumi TT, Toncheva G, Gray L, Gafton AR, Huh BK, Eastwood JD, Lascola CD, Hurwitz LM. Radiation dose exposure for lumbar spine epidural steroid injections: a comparison of conventional fluoroscopy data and CT fluoroscopy techniques. AJR Am J Roentgenol 197(4):778-82, 2011. PMID: 21940563.
40. Azari P, Lu Y, Clarke CF, Collins T, Briones D, Huh B. Pathophysiology of the spreading of complex regional pain syndrome revisited: a case report. Neuromodulation 14(5):428-31; discussion 431, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21854496.
41. Park CH, Huh BK, Lee SH, Yong A. Efficacy of oblique fluoroscopic approach for stellate ganglion block. Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 19(2):101-104, 2011.
42. Lin BF, Cherng CH, Fan YM, Wong CS, Huh BK, Yeh CC. Changes in regional cerebral blood flow and three-phase bone scan after repeated somatic nerve blocks for sympathetically independent pain. Clin Nucl Med 35(6):391-5, 2010. PMID: 20479582.
43. Huh BK, Jung S, White W, Jeon Y. Anti-emetic effect of midazolam added to morphine patient-controlled analgesia after total abdominal hysterectomy. Anaesth Intensive Care 38(3):481-5, 2010. PMID: 20514956.
44. Huh BK, Park CH, Ranson M, Campbell GL, Ravanbakht J. Thermogram in spinal cord stimulation with complex regional pain syndrome and a review of the literature. Neuromodulation 13(2):114-6, 2010. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 21992784.
45. Huh B, Park CH. Retrospective analysis of low-dose methadone and QTc prolongation in chronic pain patients. Korean J Anesthesiol 58(4):338-43, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20508789.
46. Yeh CC, Cherng CH, Wu CT, Huh BK, Lin JA, Lin SL, Ko SC, Wong CS. Overview of Collateral Meridian Therapy in Pain Management: A Modified Structured Formulated Chinese Acupressure. Pain 20(2):66-76, 2010.
47. Yeh CC, Wu CT, Huh BK, Lee SM, Wong CS. Collateral meridian acupressure therapy effectively relieves postregional anesthesia/analgesia backache. South Med J 102(11):1179-82, 2009. PMID: 19864998.
48. Jeon Y, Huh BK. Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain. Ann Acad Med Singapore 38(11):998-1003, 2009. PMID: 19956823.
49. Kim S, Toncheva G, Anderson-Evans C, Huh BK, Gray L, Yoshizumi T. Kerma area product method for effective dose estimation during lumbar epidural steroid injection procedures: phantom study. AJR Am J Roentgenol 192(6):1726-30, 2009. PMID: 19457841.
50. Yeh CC,Wong CS, Cherng CH, Huh BK, Lin CS. PB Pulsed radiofrequency for relieving neuropathic bone pain in cancer patients-an alternative strategy. Pain Practice 33(9):102-103, 2009.
51. Yeh CC, Ko SC, Huh BK, Kuo CP, Wu CT, Cherng CH, Wong CS. Shoulder tip pain after laparoscopic surgery analgesia by collateral meridian acupressure (shiatsu) therapy: a report of 2 cases. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 31(6):484-8, 2008. PMID: 18722205.
52. Park CH, Huh B. Lodged spinal cord stimulator trial lead: a case report. Pain Pract 8(3):210-3, 2008. PMID: 18476899.
53. Dooley J, Beadles C, Ho KY, Sair F, Gray-Leithe L, Huh B. Computed tomography-guided bilateral transdiscal superior hypogastric plexus neurolysis. Pain Med 9(3):345-7, 2008. PMID: 18366511.
54. Ho KY, Huh BK, White WD, Yeh CC, Miller EJ. Topical amitriptyline versus lidocaine in the treatment of neuropathic pain. Clin J Pain 24(1):51-5, 2008. PMID: 18180637.
55. Huang YS, Lin LC, Huh BK, Sheen MJ, Yeh CC, Wong CS, Wu CT. Epidural clonidine for postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: a dose-response study. Anesth Analg 104(5):1230-5, tables of contents, 2007. PMID: 17456679.
56. Yeh CC, Wu CT, Huh BK, Lee MS, Lin SL, J Sheen M, Wong CS. Premedication with Intravenous Low-Dose Ketamine Suppresses Fentanyl-Induced Cough. J Clin Anesth 19(1):53-6, 2007. PMID: 17321928.
57. Horng HC, Wong CS, Hsiao KN, Huh BK, et.al. Pre-medication with intravenous clonidine suppresses Fentanyl-induced cough. Acta Anaes Scand, 2007.
58. Ho KY, Nagi PA, Gray L, Huh BK. An alternative approach to ganglion impar neurolysis under computed tomography guidance for recurrent vulva cancer. Anesthesiology 105(4):861-2, 2006. PMID: 17006101.
59. Chen LC, Wong CS, Huh BK, Huang YS, Yang CP, Yeh CC, Wu CT. Repeated lumbar sympathetic blockade with lidocaine and clonidine attenuates pain in complex regional pain syndrome type 1 patients-a report of two cases. Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan 44(2):113-7, 2006. PMID: 16845917.
60. Yeh CC, Jao SW, Huh BK, Wong CS, Yang CP, White WD, Wu CT. Preincisional dextromethorphan combined with thoracic epidural anesthesia and analgesia improves postoperative pain and bowel function in patients undergoing colonic surgery. Anesth Analg 100(5):1384-9, table of contents, 2005. PMID: 15845691.
61. Yeh CC, Wu CT, Huh BK et.al. Dextromethorphan in the management of acute postoperative pain, A Review. Chinese J Pain, 2005.
62. Javed S, Huh B. An Approach to Psychological Assessment for Chronic Pain Patient Evaluated for Implantable Devices. Pain Physician.