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A First Estimate of the Annual Prevalence of Basivertebral Nerve Ablation Candidates in a Spine Clinic.

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Emerging literature purports the use of basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) for a specific cohort of patients with chronic low back pain and Type 1 or Type 2 Modic changes from… Click to show full abstract

Emerging literature purports the use of basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) for a specific cohort of patients with chronic low back pain and Type 1 or Type 2 Modic changes from vertebral levels L3-S1. The early literature warrants further evaluation. Studies establishing the efficacy of BVNA use highly selective patient criteria. The population which fulfills these criteria in our practice is small. Our study suggests it is perhaps 3% (11/338, 95% CI 1-5%).

Keywords: basivertebral nerve; estimate annual; first estimate; nerve ablation

Journal Title: Pain medicine
Year Published: 2022

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