While some guidelines recommend two diagnostic nerve blocks before radiofrequency treatment for chronic low back pain, a randomized trial showed greater success without use of the prior blocks. The ...
The use of diagnostic blocks before radiofrequency denervation in patients with lumbar fractogenic pain is unnecessary, cost-ineffective and prolongs the treatment time for patients. These findings, ...
Facetogenic pain, also known as zygapophysial joint pain, is a frequent cause of mechanical spine pain. Diagnostic blocks (for example, medial branch blocks [MBBs]) are the only reliable approach to ...