Ahmed and colleagues describe complications after a percutaneous multilevel bilateral cervical RF ablation that was performed on a patient with chronic neck pain and occipital headaches who failed a ...

The use of radiofrequency ablation--targeted heat from an electrical current to ease nerve pain--may be helpful for treating chronic neck pain, but only in patients meeting particular criteria, ...

I was in a car accident more than a year ago and still have pain that radiates from my neck to the muscles in my shoulders. Recently, I heard about a radiofrequency treatment that might be helpful.

The use of radiofrequency ablation--targeted heat from an electrical current to ease nerve pain--may be helpful for treating chronic neck pain, but only in patients meeting particular criteria, ...

Nerve ablation uses heat to destroy nerves and decrease chronic pain signals. This procedure often takes 15 minutes to an ...

There is not enough evidence about how well this procedure works or how safe it is. So it can only be done with special arrangements. This means you will have regular appointments afterwards to check ...

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 anesthetic ...

If you spend hours a day scrolling on your smartphone or tablet, you might get "tech neck." "Humans are upright creatures, and our bodies aren't designed to look down for long periods of time, which ...

Current guidelines recommend pulmonary-vein isolation by means of catheter ablation as treatment for drug-refractory paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Radiofrequency ablation is the most common method, ...

Evidence-based recommendations on radiofrequency ablation for palliation of painful spinal metastases. This involves inserting a needle-like probe containing an electrode into the spinal metastases.