Evaluating prognostic block selection criteria in cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy: A retrospective cohort study
Over 60 % of patients who underwent CMBRFN reported clinically significant magnitudes of improvement in pain and disability at three months post-CMBRFN, regardless of prognostic block selection criteria. These findings suggest that multiple block strategies might be employed to determine eligibility for CMBRFN. Larger, prospective studies including long-term outcome assessments are needed to further evaluate these findings.
Authors
- Enrique Galang
- Robert Burnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-6670)
- Taylor Burnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-9695)
- Aaron Conger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-0792)
- Zachary L. McCormick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-8745)
- Brook I. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1808-3425)
- Allison Glinka Przybysz
- Amanda Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-9500)
- Alycia Amatto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2830-7701)
- Christian Sangio
- Christian Wirawan
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Utah (US)
- Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interventional Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100559
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00