What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain? - Mehta Spine - Children and Adult Spinal Surgeon, UK

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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
Radiofrequency Ablation is being actively
recommended to help reduce chronic lower back
pain in the UK for a few years now. And, there
have been many questions about the procedure from
the patients and this blog is dedicated to
improving awareness about the procedure. So
today, we are going to give you more information
about Radiofrequency Ablation procedure,
benefits, safety, results and risks. Read on

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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
What is Radiofrequency Ablation?
Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive,
non-surgical procedure that uses heat generated
by electromagnetic waves to stop pain signal
transmission. By ablating, burning or
destroying the nerves that are causing pain or
transmitting the pain to the brain, chronic pain
in conditions like arthritis, spondylosis or
sacroilitis or even chronic back pain, neck knee,
peripheral nerve pain is reduced.
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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
What are the benefits of Radiofrequency
Ablation? Radiofrequency Ablation is
generally performed by neurologists, Orthopaedic
specialist and spine surgeons in the UK when
other invasive methods fall short of providing
adequate relief. Immediate pain relief, quick
recovery, improved mobility and function, reduced
need for medication are some of the benefits of
Radiofrequency Ablation.
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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
What happens before and after the treatment?
After reviewing the medical history and
performing imaging studied the physician
identifies the suitable site for the ablation
procedure. Radiofrequency ablation is a simple
procedure that is performed in an outpatient
surgery suite. A local anaesthetic is used to
numb the area and imaging is used to locate the
exact spot of the affected nerves. Using special
x-ray equipment for imaging guidance, a needle is
injected into the desired pain area accurately.
When the needle is in the right location, a mild
numbing medication is given followed by a
radiofrequency current precisely to the affected
nerve to destroy it to cease the pain
transmission. The majority of patients can
easily walk around after the procedure. However,
we recommend you to someone by your side to drive
you home. Patients may experience mild pain for
up to 7 days at most, but the majority easily get
back to their work in 2-3 days. Patients are
recommended to schedule follow-ups with the
specialist to talk about the post-operation
concerns if any.
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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
What are the risks of Radiofrequency
Ablation? About the risks, Radiofrequency
Ablation is the relatively safest procedure when
compared to all other alternatives. It is
minimally invasive and has a high success rate,
yet like very procedure complication does occur
in a few cases which may range from infection,
allergy for medication and numbness.
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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?
Does Radiofrequency Ablation Help Reduce
Chronic Lower Back Pain?
Radiofrequency Ablation is one of the most
effective procedures when to comes to
treating lower back pain. In the majority of the
cases, patients experience pain relief that lasts
for a year to two. However, in a few cases, the
nerve may regrow back after ablation which may
reduce the pain-relief time. In general, we
estimate that around 80 of the patients
experience pain relief after RFA and if the nerve
grows back, the procedure can be repeated by
an orthopaedic surgeon or spine specialist in the
UK.
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What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Does It Help
Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain?

• If you are looking for lower back pain treatment
  in the UK or you need more information on
  Radiofrequency Ablation, Children and Adult
  Spinal Surgeon Mr Jwalant S Mehta can help you.
  You can contact him here https//www.mehtaspine.c
  o.uk/

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