Results of pulsed radiofrequency technique with two laterally placed electrodes in the annulus in patients with chronic lumbar discogenic pain

• Published in: Journal of anesthesia Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 606 - 609
• Main Authors: Fukui, Sei, Rohof, Olav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.08.2012; Springer
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesiology; Backache; Care and treatment; Chronic low back pain; Clinical Report; Critical Care Medicine; Disability Evaluation; Discogenic pain; Electrodes; Electrodes, Implanted; Emergency Medicine; Female; Fluoroscopy; Humans; Intensive; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - complications; Intradiscal procedures; Low Back Pain - etiology; Low Back Pain - therapy; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Middle Aged; Pain; Pain Measurement; Pain Medicine; Pulsed radiofrequency; Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment - adverse effects; Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment - methods; Treatment Outcome; Intradiscal procedures; Chronic low back pain; Discogenic pain; Pulsed radiofrequency

Discogenic pain is an important cause of low back pain (LBP). We have developed a pulsed radiofrequency (P-RF) technique, using two electrodes placed bilaterally in the annulus, for applying radiofrequency current in the disc (bi-annular P-RF disc method). The purpose of this study was to investigat...