Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation

P. Cohen, Steven; Williams, Kayode; Kurihara, Connie; Nguyen, Conner; H. Shields, Cynthia; Kim, Peter; Griffith, Scott; M. Larkin, Thomas; Crooks, Matthew; Williams, Necia; Morlando, Benny; A. Strassels, Scott

doi:10.1097/aln.0b013e3181e33ae5

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Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation

Published in Anesthesiology • Jul 7, 2010

Authors:

Steven P. Cohen

Kayode Williams

Connie Kurihara

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Among patients presenting with axial low back pain, facet arthropathy accounts for approximately 10-15% of cases. Facet interventions are the second most frequently performed procedures in pain clinics across the United States. Currently, there are no uniformly accepted criteria regardin...

Subject

Medicine

Denervation

Facet (psychology)

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