WIP Guidelines

A comprehensive overview of the World Institute of Pain’s (WIP) efforts to establish global guidelines for interventional therapy and neuromodulation in managing intractable headache and facial pain is presented. Dr Miles Day discusses the challenges faced in gathering pain management physicians from various parts of the world to contribute to this initiative. His lecture emphasizes the importance of practice guidelines in educating physicians and ensuring effective treatments are covered by insurance. It involves extensive literature reviews, analyzing thousands of articles, and carefully assessing them for bias and relevance. The aim is to create well-rounded, evidence-based guidelines that reflect a global perspective on pain management. It is a candid reflection on the ambitious project’s progress and an invitation for more global participation.