MRI-guided focused ultrasound ablation of painful lumbar facet joints: a retrospective assessment of safety and tolerability in human subjects

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1219 - 1223
• Main Authors: Tiegs-Heiden, Christin A, Hesley, Gina K, Long, Zaiyang, Lu, Aiming, Lamer, Tim J, Gorny, Krzysztof R, Hangiandreou, Nicholas J, Lehman, Vance T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Ablation; Ablation (Surgery); Back pain; Care and treatment; Causes of; Complications and side effects; Facet joint; Health aspects; Human subjects; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Methods; Operative ultrasonography; Osteoarthritis; Patient outcomes; Patients; Radiofrequency ablation; Sonication; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonics in surgery; Ultrasound; United States

Abstract Objective To evaluate the safety and tolerability of MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of facet joint–mediated pain in human subjects for whom conventional treatment had failed. Secondarily, to evaluate effectiveness of the procedure. Methods Consecutive patients who...