ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2012
The role of image guidance in improving the safety of pain treatment.
Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reducing Radiation Exposure in Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections with Pulsed Fluoroscopy: A Randomized, Double-blind, Controlled Clinical Trial.Pain physician · 2018Trial
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2022Article
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for cervical spine (facet) joint pain from a multispecialty international working group.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2021Article
- Consensus practice guidelines on interventions for lumbar facet joint pain from a multispecialty, international working group.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2020Article
- The relative risk to the femoral nerve as a function of patient positioning: potential implications for trigger point dry needling of the iliacus muscle.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2019Article
- Ethical challenges and interventional pain medicine.Current pain and headache reports · 2012Article
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Abstract
The use of fluoroscopy, computed tomography, and, most recently, ultrasound in the pain clinic all have advanced rapidly, yet there is scant evidence that this improves the safety or efficacy of pain treatment. In this manuscript, the available evidence about the usefulness of diagnostic imaging and image guidance in planning and delivering pain treatment is critically reviewed. The use of image guidance has become a routine and integral component of pain treatment; however, there is insufficient scientific evidence to judge whether this has improved safety. The logical appeal is overwhelming, to the point that it is now unlikely that scientific comparisons of most techniques with and without radiographic guidance will ever be conducted. This analysis can serve to guide future investigators who set out to understand how to apply new imaging techniques, and in the process, how to rigorously evaluate their usefulness.
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