Lumbar Facet Resurfacing: First Experience With the FENIX Implant.

Study Design: This is a feasibility study to confirm the design, patient population, and the surgical technique for FENIX implants.

Objective: This study evaluated the safety and the clinical and radiologic performance of bilaterally implanted FENIX facet resurfacing device.

Introduction: Facet joint osteoarthritis is responsible for up to 30% of chronic low back pain.

Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the Gasserian ganglion in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.

Pulsed radiofrequency treatment has been described as a minimal invasive alternative to radiofrequency thermocoagulation for the management of chronic pain syndromes. We present here our first five high-risk patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia who were treated with pulsed radiofrequency after multidisciplinary assessment; with a mean follow-up of 19.2 months (range 10-26).