Thoracic Zygapophysial Joint Thermal Neurotomy: A Cohort Revealing Additional Outcomes by Specific Joint Groupings.

Objective: Thoracic spinal pain is common, and patients with this type of pain have limited therapeutic options. The cohort in this study received diagnostic intra-articular zygapophysial joint injections leading to thermal neurotomy to the medial branch nerves to demonstrate improved pain as well as physical and psychological function.

Design: A consecutive cohort from 2012 to 2018 with retrospective analysis of prospectively gathered data.

Successful Thermal Neurotomy of the Painful Sacroiliac Ligament/Joint Complex-A Comparison of Two Techniques.

Background: There are many physical, pharmacological, and interventional therapies aimed at alleviating sacroiliac ligament/joint complex pain, including thermal neurotomy. Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) innervation, as opposed to posterior sacroiliac ligament complex innervation, remains uncertain; thus lateral branch thermal neurotomy to alleviate sacroiliac joint pain remains controversial.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the success rates of two lateral branch neurotomy techniques, large continuous-lesion multi-electrode radiofrequency neurotomy (RFN; Simplicity, Neurotherm Inc.