Radiofrequency for chronic lumbosacral and cervical pain: Results of a consensus study using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method.

Javier de Andrés AresSam S EldabeNicky HelsenGanesan BaranidharanJean-Luc BaratArun BhaskarFabrizio CassiniSebastian GillnerJan Willem KallewaardStephan KlessingerPhilippe MavrocordatosFelice OcchigrossiJan van ZundertFrank HuygenHerman Stoevelaar

Published in: Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain (2024)

A multidisciplinary European expert panel established patient-specific recommendations that may support the (pre)selection of patients with chronic axial and radicular pain in the lumbosacral and cervical region for either RFA or PRF (accessible via https://rftool.org). Future studies should validate these recommendations by determining their predictive value for the outcomes of (P)RF interventions.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
physical activity
current status
radiofrequency ablation
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
case control
adipose tissue
spinal cord
insulin resistance
drug induced
weight loss