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nesthesiologist Derick Mundey,
DO, of the Riddle Surgery Center
in suburban Philadelphia, likens
surgical pain to a moving target,
one that you can shoot down
with a tailored, multimodal approach that takes
into account both the subjective nature of pain
and the many ways to attack it.
"Modern medicine tries very hard to make
pain a measurable quantity, like heart rate and
blood pressure," says Dr. Mundey, "but it's
Pain
Management
Anesthesiologist Derick Mundey, DO,
attacks pain along its many pathways.
l PATHWAYS Ultrasound-guided nerve
block placement is but one of the many
keys to successful pain management
for anesthesiologist Derick Mundey, DO.
Derick
Mundey,
DO
