Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) is a procedure that can ease chronic pain for some people. The procedure uses radio waves that produce electrical currents. These currents heat and kill a small ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive treatment that can sometimes relieve chronic back pain. During the procedure, a doctor inserts a thin metal probe into the painful area.

Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial joints in the spine that have been identified as potential pain generators. Medial branch blocks involve the injection of a local ...

Nerve ablation, also called radiofrequency ablation, is a procedure that helps relieve chronic pain—one of the most ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a procedure aiming to shrink the sizes of nodules and tumors or treat pain. RFA is not a cure-all solution, however. Back pain may not go away after RFA or may ...

A recent study from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has found a simple, non-surgical treatment that can significantly ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represents a rapidly advancing minimally invasive intervention for the management of chronic knee pain, particularly in patients with osteoarthritis and post-surgical ...

Music medicine has shown promise in reducing anxiety and pain during medical procedures, but its effects during interventional pain procedures without sedation remain unexplored. Although previous ...

The study highlights the potential of this technology to revolutionize pancreatic cancer pain management. In the first 15 patients, radiofrequency ablation was shown to reduce pain scores in most ...

After over a year of physical therapy and drugs, my pain doctor tried an epidural injection, which did not work, and then suggested I try something new at that time called a radiofrequency ablation, ...