RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF FACET NERVES IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN SYNDROMES IN DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE SPINE
Keywords:
back pain, reflex, pain, syndrome, facet nerve, high-frequency, exposure, spondyloarthrosis, syndrome, radiofrequency ablationAbstract
The first results of radiofrequency ablation of facet nerves and its effectiveness in eliminating local chronic back pain and reflected pain vertebrogenic syndromes were studied in 122 patients. The best results were obtained in patients with spondyloarthrosis with a positive test blockade of the facet nerves. Spondyloarthrosis is the most common condition presenting as neck pain, although it usually appears as an incidental finding in older asymptomatic subjects in cervical radiographs.
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