Radiofrequency neurotomy for lumber pain
Murtagh J, Foerster V
Record ID 32006000852
English
Authors' objectives:
The aim of this report is to assess the available information on the use of radiofrequency neurotomy for lumber pain.
Authors' recommendations:
Chronic lumbar (lower back) pain, which affects many Canadians, imposes a large economic burden.
Symptoms may occur in the vertebral facet joints of 15% to 40% of patients with lower back pain.
Medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure that reduces pain by interrupting the nerve supply to painful facet joints.
Four systematic reviews of this procedure offer disparate conclusions.
One small well designed observational study has shown positive results, but no equally rigorous randomized controlled trial has been conducted.
Authors' methods:
Overview
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.cadth.ca/
Year Published:
2006
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Low Back Pain
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Radio Waves
- Spinal Nerves
- Zygapophyseal Joint
Contact
Organisation Name:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Contact Address:
600-865 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 5S8 Canada. Tel: +1 613 226 2553; Fax: +1 613 226 5392;
Contact Name:
requests@cadth.ca
Contact Email:
requests@cadth.ca
Copyright:
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
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