Use of corticosteroids for adult chronic pain interventions: sympathetic and peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections - guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society.
Honorio T BenzonDalia ElmoftyHariharan ShankarMaunak RanaAndrea L ChadwickShalini ShahDmitri SouzaAmeet S NagpalSalahadin AbdiChristian RaflaAlaa Abd-ElsayedTina L DoshiMaxim S EckmannThanh Duc HoangChristine L HuntCarlos A PinoJessica RiveraByron J SchneiderAlison StoutAngela StengelMaged MinaJohn D FitzGeraldJoshua A HirschAjay D WasanLaxmaiah ManchikantiDavid Anthony ProvenzanoSamer NarouzeSteven Paul CohenTimothy P MausAriana M NelsonHarsha ShanthannaPublished in: Regional anesthesia and pain medicine (2024)
In this practice guideline, we provided recommendations on the use of corticosteroids in sympathetic blocks, peripheral nerve blocks, and trigger point injections to assist clinicians in making informed decisions.