The use of radiofrequency ablation--targeted heat from an electrical current to ease nerve pain--may be helpful for treating chronic neck pain, but only in patients meeting particular criteria, ...

"We use RFA for joint pain in the back or neck, hip or knee. We first inject steroids and if the pain relief does not last, then we do a diagnostic block, and we block to the same nerves that we are ...

Back pain is the most common complaint in a pain management clinic. This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain, including cervical and lumbar pain due to sacroiliac (SI) ...

The use of radiofrequency ablation--targeted heat from an electrical current to ease nerve pain--may be helpful for treating chronic neck pain, but only in patients meeting particular criteria, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radiofrequency ablation of the cervical branch of the facial nerve was associated with improved platysmal ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Nerve ablation uses heat to destroy nerves and decrease chronic pain signals.This procedure often takes 15 minutes to an hour and is usually outpatient.You can ...

2.1 Spinal metastases can affect quality of life by causing severe pain, functional impairment, vertebral fractures, nerve root impingement, spinal cord compression and hypercalcaemia. 2.2 Treatment ...

SEATTLE ― Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) appears safe and effective for the treatment of low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), new data suggest. RFA is increasingly gaining favor as a ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery Professor Kristen Riley, M.D., and Assistant Professor Nicole Bentley, M.D., conduct the first radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedure to ...

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for palliation of painful spinal metastases. This involves inserting a needle-like probe containing an electrode into the spinal metastases.