Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2018 Jul 10;22(9):60. doi: 10.1007/s11916-018-0711-7.
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.
超声在疼痛的诊断和治疗中起着重要的作用，相关文献可以追溯到多年前，尤其是在诊断超声及其用于引导基于针的药物输送方面。至少在过去十年中，超声技术的进步为疼痛诊断和治疗的新领域开辟了研究和潜在临床疗效的途径。在这里，我们提供了与超声和疼痛相关的最新文献综述，以突出这两个主题交叉点上的一些有前途的领域。我们首先关注超声的外周应用，这方面的文献相对丰富，但仍然很年轻。然后我们转向超声的中枢应用，这方面的文献很少，但前景广阔。
