The effect of combined pulsed radiofrequency treatment to dorsal root ganglion with transforaminal epidural steroid injection on pain

Caliskan D. K., AKESEN S., TÜRKER Y. G., GURBET A.

AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY, vol.33, no.4, pp.223-231, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 33 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.14744/agri.2021.94824
  • Journal Name: AGRI-THE JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF ALGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.223-231
  • Keywords: Dorsal root ganglion, lumbar radicular pain, pulsed radiofrequency, transforaminal epidural steroid injection, RADICULAR PAIN
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: We aimed to compare the treatment response with simultaneous application of transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TESI) and pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) to the lumbar dorsal root ganglion (DRG) with TESI in patients with chronic lumbar radicular pain.