Facet hypertrophy ... outside the joint space near the nerve that supplies the joint. This nerve is called the medial branch.

In general, one may conclude that with careful patient selection, RF lesioning of the facet joint ... no motor nerve ablation. Thermal RFA is carried out at 80°C for 90 s. The procedure of ...

More randomized double-blinded control studies are needed, particularly for the procedures that are commonly conducted, such as cervical facet median nerve RFA, SI joint ablation and intradiscal ...