Mechanism-informed pain care: rebalancing procedural care toward better patient selection and outcomes

Key Points

• The aim is to explore how informed pain care can improve patient selection and treatment outcomes.
• Assessment of current procedural care approaches.
• Analysis of chronic pain treatment efficacy.
• Examination of patient response variability.
• Most chronic pain treatments show only modest benefits.
• Responses to treatment vary significantly among individuals.
• Better patient selection could improve outcomes.

Abstract