Morphologic analysis of bipolar radiofrequency lesions: Implications for treatment of the sacroiliac joint

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-338

  Pino, Carlos A ^a   Hoeft, Mark A ^a   Hofsess, Craig ^a   Rathmell, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Radiofrequency treatment; Sacroiliac joint dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT DYSFUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CATHETER ABLATION; EGG WHITE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 22244440195     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. A.C. Schwarzer, C.N. Aprill, N. Bogduk The sacroiliac joint in chronic low back pain Spine 20 1995 31 37
2. J.D. Fortin, A.P. Dwyer, S. West, J. Pier Sacroiliac joint: Pain referral maps upon applying a new injection-arthrography technique. Part I: Asymptomatic volunteers Spine 19 1994 1475 1482
3. F.M. Ferrante, L.F. King, E.A. Roche, P.S. Kim, M. Aranda, L.R. Delaney, I.A. Mardini, A.J. Mannes Radiofrequency sacroiliac joint denervation for sacroiliac syndrome Reg Anesth Pain Med 26 2001 137 142
4. C.A. Gauci Sacroiliac joint denervation J.R. Wedley C.A. Gauci Handbook of Clinical Techniques in the Management of Chronic Pain 1994 Harwood Chur, Switzerland 12 13
5. C.D. Ray Percutaneous Radiofrequency Facet Nerve Blocks: Treatment of the Mechanical Low Back Syndrome. Procedure Technique Series 1982 Radionics Boston, MA 18 19
6. F.M. Ferrante Reply to Dr. Rathmell et al. regarding performance of radiofrequency sacroiliac joint denervation [letter to the editor] Reg Anesth Pain Med 26 2001 592
7. L. Saberski, J. Fitzgerald, Mahmood Ahmad Cyroneurolysis and radiofrequency lesioning P.A. Raj Practical Management of Pain 2nd ed. 2000 Mosby, Inc St. Louis, MO 753 767
8. J.P. Rathmell, J.M. Tarver, Z. Memon Radiofrequency sacroiliac joint denervation The devil is in the details [letter to the editor] Reg Anesth Pain Med 26 2001 592
9. N. Bogduk, J. Macintosh, A. Marsland Technical limitations to the efficacy of radiofrequency neurotomy for spinal pain J Neurosurg 20 1987 529 535
10. M. Van Kleef Radiofrequency lesions of the dorsal root ganglion in the treatment of spinal pain. Thesis 1996 University of Maastricht Maastritch, The Netherlands
11. S.P. Cohen, S. Abdi Lateral branch blocks as a treatment for sacroiliac joint pain A pilot study Reg Anesth Pain Med 28 2003 113 119
12. W. Yin, F. Willard, J. Carreiro, P. Dreyfuss Sensory stimulation-guided sacroiliac joint radiofrequency neurotomy Technique based on neuroanatomy of the dorsal sacral plexus Spine 28 2003 2419 2425