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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Headache and Neurogenic Pain
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1539971
This article is part of the Research Topic Innovative Approaches to Neuralgia: Mechanisms and Treatment Development View all 8 articles
Radiofrequency ablation of sinuvertebral nerve for discogenic low back pain patients after lumbar interbody fusion: case series study
Provisionally accepted
Lijie Wang 1 Jie Lu 2
Hongyan Wang 2
Liangliang He 2
Zhi Dou 2 Wenxing Zhao 2 Song Yang 2 Dong Liu 1
Liqiang Yang 2*- 1 Department of Pain Management, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 2 Department of Pain Management, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical value of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the sinuvertebral nerve (SVN) in the treatment of discogenic low back pain (DLBP) after lumbar interbody fusion.Methods: A total of 12 patients who underwent RFA of SVN for DLBP after lumbar interbody fusion at the Pain Department of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University from February 2023 to August 2023 were included in this retrospective study series.The 12 patients with DLBP were included, and the preoperative VAS score was7.00(6.00, 7.75), and the postoperative VAS scores at 1 day, 1 month, and 3 months were 1.00(1.00, 1.00). It was a statistically significant improvement compared with the preoperative period (all P=0.002). The preoperative PSQI score was 14.42±1.83, and the postoperative PSQI scores at 1 month and 3 months were 4.75±1.06, and 2.17±1.11 at 1 and 3 months postoperatively (all P<0.001).RFA of the SVN provides satisfactory short-term clinical results in patients with DLBP after lumbar interbody fusion. RFA of the SVN appears to be an effective treatment for patients with DLBP with poor results after open lumbar spine surgery.
Keywords: RFA - radiofrequency ablation, DLBP, SVN, Lumbar interbody fusion, OLIF = oblique lateral interbody fusion
Received: 05 Dec 2024; Accepted: 01 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Wang, Lu, Wang, He, Dou, Zhao, Yang, Liu and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Liqiang Yang, Department of Pain Management, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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