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Predictors of response to medial branch block, radiofrequency ablation or facet joint injections: a retrospective study
- Source :
- Pain management. 11(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
-
Abstract
- Aim: Low back pain is a leading cause of patient disability in the USA. Our goal was to determine association between patient characteristics and their response to lumbar medial branch block, radiofrequency ablation of medial nerves or lumbar facet joint injections. Materials & methods: Medical records for the first 100 patients who underwent lumbar medial branch block, radiofrequency ablation of lumbar medial nerves or lumbar facet joint injections between 1 September 2019 and 31 March 2020 were reviewed and demographic data were recorded. Results: At the 3-month post-procedure visit, positive responders were significantly more likely to be non obese patients (BMI
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Radiofrequency ablation
Lumbosacral Plexus
Patient characteristics
Comorbidity
Zygapophyseal Joint
Facet joint
law.invention
Injections, Intra-Articular
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Lumbar
law
Lumbar facet joint
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Obesity
Anesthetics, Local
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Radiofrequency Ablation
business.industry
Medical record
Retrospective cohort study
Nerve Block
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Low back pain
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Spinal Nerves
Female
medicine.symptom
Chronic Pain
business
Low Back Pain
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17581877
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pain management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b71360fbe8d0f7294b80c258cbae3f48