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Review
. 2018 Jul 10;22(9):60.
doi: 10.1007/s11916-018-0711-7.

A Review of Recent Advances in Ultrasound, Placed in the Context of Pain Diagnosis and Treatment

Michael S Bobola  1 , Lucas Chen  1 , Chikodinaka K Ezeokeke  1 , Katy Kuznetsova  2 , Annamarie C Lahti  1 , Weicheng Lou  1 , Aleksey N Myroniv  1 , Nels W Schimek  1 , Madison L Selby  1 , Pierre D Mourad  3   4   5
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A Review of Recent Advances in Ultrasound, Placed in the Context of Pain Diagnosis and Treatment

Michael S Bobola et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. .

Abstract

Ultrasound plays a significant role in the diagnosis and treatment of pain, with significant literature reaching back many years, especially with regard to diagnostic ultrasound and its use for guiding needle-based delivery of drugs. Advances in ultrasound over at least the last decade have opened up new areas of inquiry and potential clinical efficacy in the context of pain diagnosis and treatment. Here we offer an overview of the recent literature associated with ultrasound and pain in order to highlight some promising frontiers at the intersection of these two subjects. We focus first on peripheral application of ultrasound, for which there is a relatively rich, though still young, literature. We then move to central application of ultrasound, for which there is little literature but much promise.

Keywords: Pain; Pain diagnosis; Pain treatment; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Ultrasound.

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Conflict of Interest

Michael S Bobola, Lucas Chen, Chikodi Ezeokeke Katy Kuznetsova, Annamarie C. Lahti, Alik Myroniv, Nels W. Schimek, Weicheng Lou, Madison L. Selby, and Pierre D. Mourad declare no conflict of interest.

Human and Animal Rights and Informed Consent

This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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