Pulsed Radiofrequency for Metastatic Pain Treatment

Pulsed radiofrequency for metastatic pain treatment.

In recent years the use of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) to treat chronic pain conditions has generated intense interest in the pain community. PRF is a minimally invasive, target-selective technique that has reported anecdotal benefit at reducing post-amputation stump pain (1), chronic radicular/ganglion pain (2), neuropathic pain (3), and arthropathic pain (4). There is no published data on usi...

using pulsed radiofrequency for chronic pain

pulsed radiofrequency treatment for trigeminal neuralgia

conclusions prf of the trigeminal ganglion should be further evaluated as an alternative treatment method for tn. results the percentages of patients who showed excellent pain relief (≥ 80% pain relief) at 2, 6, and 12 months were 73.5% (25/34), 61.8% (21/34), and 55.9% (19/34), respectively. the percentages of patients showing satisfactory pain relief (50–80% pain relief) at 2, 6, and 12 month...

Pulsed radiofrequency application for inguinal herniorraphy pain.

Pain Physician Vol. 9, No. 3, 2006 To the Editor: We consistently obtain similar clinical outcomes using pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) applications to those reported by Rozen and Parvez (1). In agreement, our clinic has been successfully treating post inguinal herniorrhaphy pain for 10 years using PRF applications to the dorsal root ganglia. Thus, we thank the authors for their report. We do note...

Using Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Pain

Please cite this paper as: Imani F. Using Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Pain. Anesth Pain. 2012;1(3):155-6. DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.22287523.4047 Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: The evidence on PRF treatment of the peripheral nerves is scarce. The currently available evidence should be complemented with well-designed trials. In order to emphasize the importanc...