About 84% of adults in the United States suffer from chronic lower back pain at some point in their lives. Nerve ablation uses radiofrequency currents to target nerves that transmit pain signals ...

This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain ... at 2 Hz up to 2 V to confirm that there is no motor nerve ablation. Thermal RFA is carried out at 80°C for 90 ...

A comprehensive review of the literature ... A condition characterized by low back pain due to nerve entrapment at the thoracolumbar junction. Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): A minimally invasive ...

The use of facet median nerve branch radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae is common but more randomized, double-blinded control studies are needed in this area.