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Papers: 4 May 2019 - 10 May 2019


Human Studies


2019 May 01


Reg Anesth Pain Med

Medial branch radiofrequency ablation outcomes in patients with centralized pain.

Authors

Morffi D, Larach DB, Moser SE, Goesling J, Hassett AL, Brummett CM
Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019 May 01.
PMID: 31048494.

Abstract

We hypothesized that patients with characteristics of centralized pain (fibromyalgia (FM)-like phenotype) would be less likely to respond to radiofrequency ablation (RFA), which may explain some of the failures of this peripherally directed therapy.