• Jacob Hascalovici and Naum Shaparin.
• Multidisciplinary Pain Program; Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology; The Arthur S. Abramson Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
• Pain Physician. 2020 Aug 1; 23 (4S): S449-S451.

BackgroundThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians have had to think quickly, adapt to changing recommendations sometimes on a daily basis, and have often had to rely on trial-and-error-based treatment protocols under various conditions. As we move on past the apex of the COVID-19 curve, new treatment protocols for the safe reintegration of elective interventional pain procedures into chronic pain practice are needed.MethodsLiterature review and description of a model for the safe reintegration of interventional pain procedures.LimitationsA narrative review with paucity of literature.DiscussionHerein we describe one such model in the hopes that through similar knowledge sharing, we can draw on others experiences to reach a collective conclusion on the safest, most effective, and efficient way(s) to move forward.

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