QUALITY & SAFETY
Guidelines
The SSIPM Guidelines set the current standard for safe, effective and responsible interventional pain medicine. They are aimed at all professionals who apply interventional procedures and offer clear, practice-oriented recommendations – based on evidence, experience and interdisciplinary exchange.
SSIPM Action Guideline
Radiofrequency Denervation of the Lumbar Facet Joints
Clinical guideline of the Swiss Society for Interventional Pain Management SSIPM.
PDF document
Further Guidelines
Find further guidelines on the websites of international professional societies.
Statements
Current developments, important information from the association and news from
pain medicine.
Radiofrequency Procedures for Chronic Back Pain
SSIPM's response to the criticism expressed by Busse et al. (BMJ 2025).
PDF document
Pain Medicine Interventions Under Sedation
SSIPM recommendation for the safe use of sedation in interventional procedures.
PDF document
Clinically Relevant Insights from the Neurophysiology of Chronic Pain
Cadaver Course | Lumbar Techniques | Oct. 2026 | FULLY BOOKED
Practice-oriented hands-on cadaver workshop on interventional techniques for the lumbar spine with experienced SSIPM specialists.
SSIPM Cadaver Course | Oct. 2026
Take part in the
SSIPM Register
Systematically document treatment courses and contribute to quality assurance and the further development of interventional pain medicine in Switzerland.
Go to the SSIPM Register