Imaging in chronic pain: May the force be with US

Abstract

Not very long ago ultrasound (US) was introduced into routine clinical practice and became the prime
diagnostic tool in case of many diseases. The radiologists embraced it whole heartedly, but its advantages
were soon dawned to many other specialties. Interventional radiology lead to expand its scope in
operating rooms, from vascular access to nerve localization to spinal or epidural space identification. It
has been regarded as a safer portable medium as compared to its counterparts. Its routine use, in the
hands of anesthesiologists, interventional pain management specialists and intensivists, is here to stay.