Papers of the Week

The first official health registry dates back to the 19th century and was proven to be very useful for gathering important information regarding a specific disease. Since then, data collection through registries is gaining more popularity, as it can offer useful information not only to health providers but also to healthcare planning services. Health registries could come along with randomized controlled trials and support or reject their findings in the "real world". Pain registries and neuropathic pain registries have proven to be very potent weapons in the armory of the pain specialist and are growing rapidly, offering substantial information for this challenging pain entity.