Publications by authors named "Oksana Zhivotenko"
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- Emerging literature suggests that basivertebral nerve ablation (BVNA) may be beneficial for certain patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes between vertebral levels L3-S1.
- The objective of this study was to estimate how many patients in a spine clinic qualified for BVNA based on strict criteria from earlier studies.
- Results showed that only 3% of patients (11 out of 338) met the eligibility requirements for BVNA, indicating a limited population that could potentially benefit from this treatment.
Background: Modic change grading is heterogeneous, inconsistent, and lacks a single nomenclature across the published literature. A new method of Modic change classification has been established by Dr. Peter Udby which hopes to unify how Modic changes are classified while also adding grading of the cranial/caudal extent of the Modic change across the vertebral body from the respective endplate involved to best capture the clinically relevant information of Modic changes.
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