What causes pain during the recovery period of lumbar radiofrequency ablation?

Some people usually work long hours for the sake of life, and sometimes they often have bad sitting and sleeping postures. If they do not pay attention to maintenance, it is easy to cause lumbar spine diseases. At present, the incidence of lumbar spine diseases is getting higher and higher, and they are getting younger and younger. It is very harmful to human health. Lumbar radiofrequency ablation is a common method of treating lumbar spine.

What causes pain during the recovery period of lumbar radiofrequency ablation?

It is normal to experience pain during the recovery period, so you don't need to worry too much. You should not sit in one position for a long time or engage in heavy physical activities for a long time. You should pay attention to the combination of work and rest. You can take some anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine, or you can take some medicine to promote blood circulation. You can also try acupuncture, electrotherapy, and massage, which may help relieve symptoms. If the symptoms are severe, traction can be tried. Generally, conservative treatment is always considered first. Only when conservative treatment is ineffective or the symptoms are very severe, surgery is considered, because surgery also has risks.

Radiofrequency ablation of herniated disc

Radiofrequency ablation of intervertebral disc herniation is a technology that uses a specific puncture guide needle to accurately output ultra-high frequency radio waves, causing local tissue to generate local high temperature, thereby achieving thermal coagulation or ablation and atrophy of the intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus, thereby treating intervertebral disc herniation.

Features

The treatment process is precisely positioned under the guidance of a C-arm and monitored in real time under digital subtraction. It acts directly on the diseased intervertebral disc, with data accurate to less than 1mm. The entire operation is visible and will not harm the surrounding normal tissues, organs and nerves. The radio frequency temperature is controllable, ensuring safety before and after treatment, without infection or thermal damage.

Minimally invasive, painless

The puncture needle is only 0.7 mm (as thin as an infusion needle). There is no need for surgery or bleeding. It does not affect the stability of the spine after the operation. It has low risk and quick recovery.

Rapid effect, high efficacy

The unique safety test system of radio frequency can detect nerves within 1 cm of the treatment range; it has a unique impedance display function that can distinguish between nucleus pulposus, annulus fibrosus, calcification points, bones and blood vessels. It can accurately calculate the volume to be removed without damaging normal tissues, directly target the protruding part, accurately ablate the protrusion, relieve nerve root compression or stimulation, quickly relieve pain symptoms, reshape the annulus fibrosus, and treat lumbar disc herniation and cervical spondylotic myelopathy in one step.

Green therapy, suitable for a wide range of ages

The entire treatment does not use any chemical drugs, making the treatment greener and more humane. Safer for elderly patients.

Principles and advantages

Radiofrequency instruments used for pain treatment are specially equipped with nerve stimulation functions, which can detect and accurately locate sensory nerves and motor nerves, and use radiofrequency current to block or change nerve conduction, thereby relieving pain. This physical nerve thermocoagulation technology can extremely well control the temperature and range of the thermocoagulation focus. After treatment, it can reduce or eliminate pain while maintaining proprioception, tactile sensation and motor function. The main advantage of radiofrequency technology compared with other existing nerve destruction technologies is the ability to obtain quantitative and predictable nerve thermal coagulation foci.

Radiofrequency ablation of the intervertebral disc is also known as minimally invasive radiofrequency ablation of the intervertebral disc (PIRFT) and radiofrequency target thermocoagulation of the intervertebral disc. It refers to the process of inserting a radiofrequency needle into the protrusion of the intervertebral disc and heating it to cause protein coagulation in the protrusion, reduce the internal pressure of the protrusion and cause it to shrink. At the same time, it repairs the annulus fibrosus and relieves pressure and stimulation on the nerves, so as not to affect the nucleus pulposus in the intervertebral disc. Radiofrequency disc ablation is mainly used for disc-related low back pain.