Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation

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Authors

Steven P. Cohen · Johns Hopkins University

Kayode Williams · Johns Hopkins University

Connie Kurihara · American Nurses Association

Conner Nguyen · Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Cynthia H. Shields · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Peter Kim · University of Southern California

Scott Griffith

Abstract

Using current reimbursement scales, these findings suggest that proceeding to radiofrequency denervation without a diagnostic block is the most cost-effective treatment paradigm.

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pain Management and Treatment

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Published in: Anesthesiology

Volume 113, Issue 2, pp. 395-405

DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181e33ae5

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Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Cost-effectiveness Study Comparing 0, 1, and 2 Diagnostic Medial Branch (Facet Joint Nerve) Block Treatment Paradigms before Lumbar Facet Radiofrequency Denervation

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