The effectiveness of cervical medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy using a perpendicular approach with a three-tined probe: A single-arm, retrospective cohort study
Within this cohort, pCMBRFN demonstrated effectiveness by reducing pain and disability in over 65 % of patients with confirmed cervical zygapophyseal joint-mediated pain at 3 months. Patients with successful treatment outcomes whose index symptoms eventually returned reported an average pain reduction of 86 % lasting approximately 9 months. Larger prospective studies with long-term follow-up are needed to confirm these results.
Authors
- Robert Burnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-6670)
- Taylor Burnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5493-9695)
- David Civitarese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-5364)
- 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)
- Andrew R. Stephens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3877-7723)
- Amanda Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3195-9500)
- Alycia Amatto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2830-7701)
- Tim Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4881-3808)
- Chase Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3713-6626)
- Alexa G Ries
Institutions
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Utah (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interventional Pain Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpm.2025.100572
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00