Use of radiofrequency as a treatment for persistent pain secondary to radiculopathy due to lumbar hernias
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radiofrequency therapy, disc herniation, chronic painAbstract
Radiculopathy secondary to lumbar hernias is a problem of high incidence throughout the world. Cases of patients with chronic pain without improvement after medical therapy have been treated with the use of radiofrequency to perform nerve ablation of the facet joints with successful results. In our hospital center, the use of this therapy is not common, and knowledge of its application is scarce. A case of a patient treated in the spine unit of the Traumatology and Orthopedics department of the Western Regional Hospital, with the use of radiofrequency, and with promising results for the replication of the technique, is presented.
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