What is interventional pain treatment?
Pain treatment is called interventional whenever a needle, lead or catheter is inserted through the skin during the treatment procedure.
A treatment is called invasive when a surgeon is performing an operation.
Different kinds of interventional pain treatment are explained in this section of the website.
The contents are partly based on:
- "Praktische Richtlijnen Anesthesiologische Pijnbestrijding gebaseerd op Klinische Diagnosen", Editors: Jan Van Zundert, Frank Huygen, Jacob Patijn, Maarten van Kleef, 2009
- The policy within the UPCM of the Department Anaesthesiology and Pain Management of the MUMC+.