CT guided cervical medial branch block and radiofrequency ablation

Majid Khan; Sherif Meleka

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2020.05.009

CT guided cervical medial branch block and radiofrequency ablation

Majid Khan, Sherif Meleka

School of Medicine

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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to describe the procedure for CT fluoroscopy– guided Cervical medial branch block and facet radiofrequency ablation. CT fluoroscopic guidance allows more-precise needle tip positioning with visualization of bony landmarks and at the same time be aware of the adjoining soft tissue anatomy with good localization of adjacent critical non-targeted areas such as the neural foramina and the dorsal root ganglia. This serves as an alternative method for performing medial branch blocks and facet radiofrequency ablation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	393-396
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	78
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2020.05.009
State	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

Medial branch block
Medial branch block (MBB)
Neck pain
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Neurology
Clinical Neurology
Physiology (medical)

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