MRI-guided focused ultrasound ablation of painful lumbar facet joints: a retrospective assessment of safety and tolerability in human subjects.

Objective To evaluate the safety and tolerability of MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of facet joint–mediated pain in human subjects for whom conventional treatment had failed. Secondarily, to evaluate effectiveness of the procedure. Methods Consecutive patients who underwent...

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Published in:	Pain Medicine Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1219 - 1224
Main Authors:	Tiegs-Heiden, Christin A, Hesley, Gina K, Long, Zaiyang, Lu, Aiming, Lamer, Tim J, Gorny, Krzysztof R, Hangiandreou, Nicholas J, Lehman, Vance T
Format:	diagnostic images research Journal Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Nov2023
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