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1. Lumbar Facet Joint Radiofrequency Denervation Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: Enhanced Outcome Compared With Chemical Neurolysis (Ethyl Alcohol 95% or Glycerol 20%)

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Afifi, Anas, Ringe, Mathis, Sobottke, Rolf, Oikonomidis, Stavros, Teuben, Michel Paul Johan, University of Zurich, and Teuben, Michel Paul Johan

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10021 Department of Trauma Surgery, 2732 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 610 Medicine & health, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery, Lumbar Spine, 2746 Surgery
Abstract

BACKGROUND: It was hypothesized that radiofrequency denervation (RFD) of lumbar facet joints is associated with superior pain abolishment and less complications than chemical neurolysis (with ethyl alcohol or glycerol) in patients with chronic facet joint arthropathy. METHODS: For this prospective cohort study, adult patients with chronic lumbar facet joint arthropathy were prospectively enrolled between 2017 and 2019. The following groups were compared before the intervention and 6 weeks, 6 months, and 12 months after the intervention: RFD, chemical neurolysis with ethyl alcohol 95% (EA-95), or glycerol 20% (Gly-20). Outcome parameters included the Core Outcome Measures Index for the back (COMI-back), World Health Organization (WHO) pain ladder level, and visual analog scale (VAS). P values

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2022

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