Recent Publications

The following is a list of published research undertaken at Florida Spine Institute. To request a full published copy of any articles
listed please contact us here.



Side Effects and Complications of Injection Procedures: Anticipation and Management.

Interventional Spine: An Algorthmic Approach. 2007; Chapter 20.
Botwin K.P., Brown L.A., 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 A.P., Webb S.A., Fontenot J., Zak P.J.


Electromyographically Guided Trigger Point Injections in Cervicothoracic Musculature of
Obese Patients: A New and Unreported Technique.


Pain Phys 2007; 10:753-756.
Botwin K.P , Patel B.C.


Epidural Steroid Injections.

Minimally Invasive Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine 2007; Chapter 13:203-234.
Botwin K.P., Palmissano B., Kancherla V.


Fluoroscopically Guided Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections in Degenerative
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
Pain Phys 2007; 10:547-558.
Botwin K.P., Brown L.A., Fishman M., Rao S.


Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections.
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 25:401-422.
Botwin K.P., Guirguis R.


Thoracic Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections.
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 24:383-400.
Botwin K.P., Vettichira S.


Lumbar Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections.
Interventional Techniques Chronic Spinal Pain 2007; Chapter 23:355-382
Botwin K.P.


Adverse Effects of Fluoroscopically Guided Interlaminar Thoracic
Epidural Steroid Injections.


Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2006; 85:14-23.
Botwin K.P., Baskin M., Rao S.


Lumbar Discography.

Tech Reg Anes Pain Mgmt 2005; 9:3-12.
Botwin K.P., Gruber R.G., Savarese R.


Epidurography Contrast Patterns With Fluoroscopic Guided Lumbar Transforminal
Epidural Injections: A Prospective Evaluation.


Pain Physician 2004; 7:211-215.
Botwin K.P., Natalicchio J., Brown L.A.


Candida Spondylodiscitis: An Unusual Case of Thoracolumbar Pain With
Review With Imaging Findings and Description of the Clinical Condition.


Pain Physician 2004; 7:257-260.
Torres-Ramos F.M., Botwin K.P., Shah C.P.


Epidural Steroid Injections in the Treatment of Symtomatic Lumbar Spinal
Stenosis Associated With Epidural Lipomatosis.


Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 83:926-930.
Botwin K.P., Sakalkale D.P.


Radiation Exposure to the Spinal Interventionalist Performing
Lumbar Discography.


Pain Physician 2003; 6:295-300.
Botwin K.P., Thomas S., Gruber R.D., Torres F.M., Bouchlas C.G., Rittenburg J.J., Rao S.


Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Interlaminar Cervical
Epidural Injections.


Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003; 84:627-633.
Botwin K.P., Castellanos R., Rao S., Hanna A.F., Torres-Ramos F.M., Gruber R.D., Bouchlas C.G.


Fluoroscopically Guided Lumbar Transformational Epidural Steroid Injections
in Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis: An Outcome Study.


Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002;81:898-905.
Botwin K.P., Gruber R.D., Bouchlas C.G., Torres-Ramos F.M.,
Sanelli J.T., Freeman E.D., Slaten W.K., Rao S.



Radiation Exposure of the Spinal Interventionalist Performing Fluoroscopically
Guided Lumbar Transforminal Epidural Steroid Injections.


Phys Med Rehabil 2002;83:697-701.
Kenneth P. Botwin, M.D., Santhosh Thomas, D.O., Robert D. Gruber, D.O., Francisco M. Torres, M.D., Constantine G. Bouchlas, M.D., Joshua J. Rittenburg, M.D., Sanjiv Rao, M.A.


Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Caudal Epidural Injections.

Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:416-424.
Botwin K.P., Gruber R.D., Bouchlas C.G., Torres F., Freeman T.L., Slaten W.K.


Role of Weight-Bearing Flexion and Extension Myelography in Evaluating
The Intervertebral Disc.


Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:289-295.
Botwin K.P., Skene G., Torres-Ramos F.M., Gruber R.D., Bouchlas C.G., Shah C.P.


Sciatic Neuropathy Secondary to Infiltrating Intermuscular Lipoma
of the Thigh.


Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:754-758.
Botwin K.P., Shah C.P., Zak P.J.


Radiation Exposure to a Physician Performing Fluoroscopically Guided
Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections.


Pain Physician 2001;4:343-348.
Botwin K.P., Freeman E.D., Gruber R.D., Torres F.M., Bouchlas C.G., Sanelli J.T., Hanna A.F.


Complications of Fluoroscopically Guided Transforminal Lumbar Epidural Injections.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000;81:1045-1050.
Botwin K.P., Gruber R.D., Bouchlas C.G., Torres F., Freeman T.L., Slaten W.K.


Pathophysiology of Spinal Trauma in Motor Vehicle Accidents.

Phys Med Rehabil: State of Art Reviews 1998;18:39-72.
Gruber R.D., Botwin K.P., Bouchlas C.G., Torres F.M.




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