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Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine:
September/October 2009 - Volume 34 - Issue 5 - pp 458-474
doi: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181aea16f
Ultrasound Articles

Ultrasound-Guided Interventional Procedures in Pain Medicine: A Review of Anatomy, Sonoanatomy, and Procedures: Part I: Nonaxial Structures

Peng, Philip W.H. MBBS, FRCPC; Narouze, Samer MD, MS

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Abstract

Application of ultrasound in pain medicine is a rapidly growing medical field in interventional pain management. Ultrasound provides direct visualization of various soft tissues and real-time needle advancement and avoids exposing both the health care provider and the patient to the risks of radiation. The machine itself is more affordable than a fluoroscope, computed tomography scan, or magnetic resonance imaging machine. In the present review, we discuss the challenges and limitations of ultrasound-guided procedures for pain management, anatomy, and sonoanatomy of selected pain management procedures and the literature on those selected procedures.

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