Mila Pastrak1, Nikola Vladicic2, Jordan Sam3, Bruce Vrooman4, Frederick Ma5, Ammar Mahmoud6, James S Khan7, Alaa Abd-Elsayed8, Farhan Khandwalla5, Scott McGilvray9, Ognjen Visnjevac1,5,10. 1. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. 2. St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada. 3. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 4. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Centre, Lebanon, NH, USA. 5. Bloor Pain Specialists, Toronto, ON, Canada. 6. Northern Light Health, Bangor, ME, USA. 7. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 8. School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. alaaawny@hotmail.com. 9. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. 10. Cleveland Clinic Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The goal of this clinical review was to provide an update about the existing treatment options and associated evidence for various radiofrequency ablation techniques for sacroiliac joint pain. An electronic literature search on radiofrequency for the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain was conducted using PubMed, NCBI and Google Scholar. The following search keywords were used: radiofrequency ablation (cooled, pulsed, conventional, bipolar, intra-articular), sacroiliac joint and sacroiliac pain. The search was limited to human subjects, English language and articles with available full text. The bibliographic sections of all manuscripts were further searched for additional relevant citations. The full text of the relevant articles was reviewed by all the authors. RECENT FINDINGS: Our study showed that radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective treatment option that can be utilized to manage sacroiliac joint pain. It offers accessibility to the primary care physician, reduces office visits with "pain" as the primary complaint and provides the added benefit of acting as a non-opioid sparing means of analgesia.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The goal of this clinical review was to provide an update about the existing treatment options and associated evidence for various radiofrequency ablation techniques for sacroiliac joint pain. An electronic literature search on radiofrequency for the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain was conducted using PubMed, NCBI and Google Scholar. The following search keywords were used: radiofrequency ablation (cooled, pulsed, conventional, bipolar, intra-articular), sacroiliac joint and sacroiliac pain. The search was limited to human subjects, English language and articles with available full text. The bibliographic sections of all manuscripts were further searched for additional relevant citations. The full text of the relevant articles was reviewed by all the authors. RECENT FINDINGS: Our study showed that radiofrequency ablation is a safe and effective treatment option that can be utilized to manage sacroiliac joint pain. It offers accessibility to the primary care physician, reduces office visits with "pain" as the primary complaint and provides the added benefit of acting as a non-opioid sparing means of analgesia.
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