Basivertebral Nerve Ablation

Overview

Journal Semin Intervent Radiol

Specialty Radiology

Date 2022 Jul 5

PMID 35782000

Authors

Junjian Huang

Kevin Delijani

Jesse Jones

John Di Capua

Husamuddin El Khudari

Andrew J Gunn

Joshua Hirsch

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Abstract

Low back pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal ailments in the United States. Intraosseous radiofrequency ablation of the basivertebral nerve is an effective and durable therapy for low back pain and can be offered to patients who have chronic low back pain of greater than 6 months of duration, failure to respond to noninvasive therapies for 6 months, with either Modic Type I or Type II changes at L3-S1. This article reviews the anatomy and physiology, patient selection, technique, and evidence regarding basivertebral nerve ablation.

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