Sacroiliac joint, radiofrequency denervation of

This procedure is used primarily on patients that have received positive results from several treatments of steroid injections into the sacroiliac joint. The fact that the injections relieved the pain gives the doctor a confirmation that the pain is indeed being caused by the sacroiliac joint disease.

An electrical current produced by a radio wave is used to heat up a small area of nerve tissue disabling the nerves responsible for the conduction of pain from the joint

 




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