Am I a candidate for Radio Frequency Lesioning?
RSD/CRPS/SMP involving upper or lower extremities Mechanical neck or low back pain due to facet joint disease Occipital neuralgia Abdominal (visceral) pain responsive to splanchnic nerve blocks. You must have responded well to local anesthetic blocks, to be a candidate for Radio Frequency Lesioning. • What are the benefits of Radio Frequency Lesioning? The procedure disrupts nerve conduction (such as conduction of pain signals), and it may in turn reduce pain, and other related symptoms. Approximately 70-80% of patients will get good block of the intended nerve. This should help relieve that part of the pain that the blocked nerve controls. Sometimes after a nerve is blocked, it becomes clear that there is pain from the other areas as well. • How long does the procedure take? Depending upon the areas to be treated, the procedure can take from about twenty minutes to a couple of hours. • Where is the procedure performed? The procedure is usually performed in an operating room, sometimes
