The Effect of Sedation on Diagnostic Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks for Facetogenic Low Back Pain: An Observational Study.

Nimesh PatelKatherine NowakAshwin VaidyanathanHannah MiladKatie AdlakaCameron RubinoErika Taco VasquezLakshmi NerusuBehnoosh RahavardMohamed FayedPatrick ForrestSarah MoneySamvid DwivediLara ZadorRoger HaddadDaanish KhajaNabil SibaiRohit Aiyer

Published in: Pain physician (2024)

This study showed that midazolam did not change patients' perceived intensity of pain following MBB, as well as false positive rates after RFA. Larger studies are required to draw definitive conclusions.

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