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What is Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet pain?

Radiofrequency Neurotomy is a minimally-invasive procedure which blocks the pain associated with facet joint disease by disrupting the medial branch nerve (facet nerve) that carries the pain signals.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
to burn some of the nerves radiating from my spinal cord 2 1 Efficacy_slight
Improve mobility 2 0
Back pain 2 0
Pain in legs 1 0
Radiating pain in spine 1 0
Pain 1 0

See all 2 patients currently having Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet pain

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet pain

Always
 1 100%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet pain

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 1 100%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet pain

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 23, 2012.