When Regional Anesthesia is Mistaken for Pain Medicine: The Importance of Etiology-Driven Interventional Pain Management

Giuliano Lo Bianco,1 Laura Demartini,2 Marco Mercieri,3 Michael E Schatman4,5 1Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Foundation G. Giglio Cefalù, Palermo, Italy; 2Pain Unit, IRCCS Maugeri, Pavia, Italy; 3Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 00189, Italy; 4Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 5Department of Population Health – Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USACorrespondence: Michael E Schatman, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care & Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA, Tel +1 425-647-4880, Email [email protected]