Posted on 14 December 2010. Tags: cervical facet, cervical facet arthropathy, chronic neck pain, denervation, facet rhizotomy, litigation, pain, Radiofrequency Ablation, radiofrequency neurotomy, Zygapophysial joint
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2 – Radiofrequency medial branch neurotomy in litigant and nonlitigant patients with cervical whiplash: a prospective study
- Spine. 2001 Jun 15;26(12):E268-73
- 46 patients who failed 20 weeks of conservative care
- Both groups had significant improvement in pain scores and reported symptoms. No significant difference between the groups was seen.
- “…the potential for secondary gain in patients who have cervical facet arthropathy as a result of a whiplash injury does NOT influence response to treatment.”
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Posted on 13 December 2010. Tags: cervical, cervical radiculopathy, corticosteroid, transforaminal epidural steroid injection
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3 - Transforaminal steroid injections in the treatment of cervical radiculopathy. A prospective outcome study
- Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2005 Oct;147(10):1065-70
- Reduced need for operative treatment (because of radicular and neck pain relief).
- “Routine transforaminal injection treatment prior to surgery seems rewarding, but the complication risk must be taken into consideration.”
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