A randomized, controlled, single-blinded, multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the percutaneous radiofrequency treatment of discogenic pain at the ramus communicans versus a sham-operated group - Intervention for discogenic pain

Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam0 个研究点目标入组 60 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年5月6日

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•1) Age 18 years or older
•2) Anamnesis and physical investigation suggestive of discogenic pain on lumbar level
•3) Decrease in NRS of 2 or more / 10 on diagnostic ramus communicans block

•1) Presence of red flags: possible fracture (major trauma, minor trauma in elderly or osteoporotic), possible tumor or infection (age >50 or <20, history of cancer, constitutional symptoms (fever, chills, weight loss), recent bacterial infection, IV drug abuse, immunosuppression, pain worsening at night or when supine), possible significant neurological deficit (severe or progressive sensory alteration or weakness, bladder or bowel dysfunction, evidence of neurological deficit (in legs or perineum in the case of low back pain)
•2) Lumboradicular syndrome
•3) Aspecific low back pain
•4) Corpus vertebrae problem
•5) Progressive neurological defecits
•6) Major psychiatric disorder (according to psychiatrists opinion)
•7) Anticoagulation cannot be stopped
•8) Active infection
•9) Pain in other parts of the body that is more severe
•10) Allergies to any medication used in the study
•11) Pregnancy
•12) Communication (language) difficulties (according to physicians opinion)

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