Die sonografische Anatomie – oder: Wie die diagnostische Sonografie zum Therapeuten wird

Many physicians still believe it is lege artis to perform invasive pain therapy blind, simply based on “medical intuition”. The results that can be expected are usually limited [1] and are primarily related to placebo effects [2], with the procedure often being better described as “art” than precision, and a comparatively larger number of complications like (transient) neurological deficits, bleeding, severe ischemia (rarely even with spinal cord injury), and infections can be expected [3]. This is apparently also the reason for the classification of focal instillations as inferior in algorithms and guidelines for pain management. They are categorized as secondary to most other procedures and treatments and are described as an unreliable “last option” [4] [5].

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Article published online:
02 April 2025

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