neuroablative procedure

neuroablative procedure

Pain management A general term for any neurosurgical procedure used to relieve pain–especially CA-related refractory to lesser forms of therapy–eg,  analgesics, opiates, and either nonneurolytic or neurolytic nerve blocks. Cf Analgesic ladder, Nerve block, Neurolytic block, Nonneurolytic block.
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"After assessment of the patient, we explained the various neuroablative procedures, like Radiofrequency Ablation, for managing cancer pain.
Interventional therapy latest method in pain management
Neuroablative procedures, such as pulsed radiofrequency, would still require targeted identification of the LFCN (with NS or US).
A randomized comparison between neurostimulation and ultrasound-guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block

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