The field of radiation protection in interventional pain management (SSIPM) focuses on patient-oriented safety and maximum precision. Radiation exposure is minimised without compromising diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness – for gentle yet effective pain treatment.
The Department of Radiation Protection in Interventional Pain Therapy combines state-of-the-art imaging techniques with innovative protection strategies to reduce radiation exposure for patients and the treatment team to the lowest level technically possible. Interventional techniques such as image-guided local anaesthesia, periradicular therapies, facet joint injections or vertebroplasty procedures require the targeted use of fluoroscopy and imaging aids in order to precisely visualise anatomical structures and safely guide therapeutic instruments.
Specialists use standardised protection concepts, radiation-reducing protocols and state-of-the-art technical equipment to ensure diagnostic reliability and therapeutic efficiency on the one hand, and to reduce radiation exposure for children, adults and staff on the other. Through continuous monitoring, training and individual risk assessment, radiation protection is an integral part of interventional pain therapy and is at the heart of the quality system.