@article {Agarwal:2014:2637-8329:106,
title = "Radio-Frequency Ablation Treatment of Chronic Neck and Low Back Pain Attributable to Facet Joints",
journal = "Neurographics",
parent_itemid = "infobike://asnr/ng",
publishercode ="asnr",
year = "2014",
volume = "4",
number = "2",
publication date ="2014-06-01T00:00:00",
pages = "106-113",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2637-8329",
eissn = "2637-8329",
url = "https://asnr.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/asnr/ng/2014/00000004/00000002/art00008",
doi = "doi:10.3174/ng.2140082",
keyword = "RF = radiofrequency, RFA = radiofrequency ablation, TON = third occipital nerve, PRF = pulsed radiofrequency, CRF = continuous radiofrequency, INR = international normalized ratio",
author = "Agarwal, V. and Fitzgerald, R.T. and Rothfus, W.E.",
abstract = "Spine pain is a major cause of disability for which conservative treatment strategies are not universally effective. Radio-frequency ablation of nerves supplying the zygapophysial joints should be considered in selected patients for whom routine treatments do not provide acceptable
relief. Following a brief discussion of the principles of radio-frequency therapy, we describe the relevant anatomy, appropriate patient selection, and basic procedural techniques for ablative therapies of the cervical and lumbar zygapophysial joints.Learning Objectives: Understand the
anatomy, indications, and techniques for radio-frequency ablative treatment of cervical and lumbar zygapophysial joint pain.",
}