In patients with chronic non-oncological perineal pain, ganglion impar block with conventional radiofrequency may result in improved pain relief compared with pulsed radiofrequency ablation.
In episodic cluster headaches, acute noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation led to significantly higher rates of participants without pain.
Pain relief of at least 50% following a prognostic genicular nerve block may not predict pain relief following genicular nerve cooled radiofrequency ablation in patients with chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis.
The use of staged bilateral continuous femoral nerve blockade and single-injection sciatic nerve blockade with single-injection subarachnoid block may effectively control pain following bilateral total knee arthroplasty.
Cooled radiofrequency ablation may provide greater pain relief compared with intraarticular steroid injection in patients with osteoarthritis-related chronic knee pain.
The Spine Intervention Society reported an overview of appropriate use criteria for fluoroscopically guided injections and radiofrequency procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of sacroiliac joint and posterior sacroiliac complex pain.
Radiofrequency rhizotomy and the more expensive stereotactic radio surgery provide immediate pain relief from trigeminal neuralgia associated with multiple sclerosis.
Low doses of perineural dexamethasone were shown to prolong the duration of ropivacaine brachial plexus nerve block analgesia.
Among patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty, liposomal bupivacaine was shown to provide better pain relief at 19 to 21 weeks post-surgery with fewer complications compared with continuous interscalene nerve block.
Cefaly Technology announced that the FDA has cleared for use the Cefaly Acute medical device for the treatment of migraines, with or without aura, in patients ≥18 years of age.
