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78th Annual PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA78) 2024
December 6 - 9, 2024 | New York City
4020
Comparative assessment of the efficacy of lumbar facet joint nerve block and lumbar facet joint radiofrequency denervation in patients with low back pain.
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BACKGROUND•Facet joints are articulation of the superior and inferior articular processes of adjacent vertebra
•Innervation: medial branches of the dorsal rami of the spinal nerves from the L1/4 levels
•Lumbar facet joint (LFJ) related pain is reported to have a prevalence of 15-45%.1
•Interventional modalities:
ØIntraarticular injections & medial branch blocks
ØMedial branch radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
•Literature largely shows equivocal results with regards to efficacy of RFA over steroid blocks.