title: Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency ablation with a multilesion probe: a case series of 60 patients.
abstract: This retrospective case series of patients with refractory sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain presents our first 77 SIJ radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedures performed with a multilesion probe. Of these, 16 (20.8%) provided no relief; 55 (71.4%) provided >50% pain relief at 6 weeks; 42 (54.5%, 95% confidence interval, 42.8%-65.8%) provided >50% pain relief at 6 months; and 12 (15.6%) continued to provide >50% pain relief at 1 year. These results compare favorably to those published using other RFA techniques. In conclusion, more than half of our patients with refractory SIJ pain received some pain relief for at least 6 months after RFA.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pino
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Vorenkamp
mesh_terms: D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002140:California; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014707:Vermont