Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Using Pulsed Radiofrequency: A Meta-analysis

Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Using Pulsed Radiofrequency: A Meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND Neuropathic pain (NP) is a major public health problem worldwide. Because of the unclear mechanism of NP, its treatment is one of the most difficult medical problems. As a targeted, noninvasive, safe therapy, pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) provides a new method for the treatment of NP; however, its effect on this treatment still lacks support from evidence-based medicine. OBJECTIVE To...

Pulsed radiofrequency lesioning for treatment of chronic breast neuropathic pain after breast reduction -A case report-

Breast surgery is a common procedure performed in women. Many women who undergo breast surgery suffer from ill-defined pain syndromes. A nerve block is used in the treatment of the acute and chronic pain, but the effectiveness of the treatment has been limited because of its short duration. Recently, the advent of pulsed radiofrequency lesioning (PRF) has proved a successful treatment for chron...

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

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...