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Phrenic Nerve Injury After Radiofrequency Denervation of the Cervical Medial Branches
Frans Van de Perck1, Filiep Soetens1, Christophe Lebrun1
1Department of Anesthesiology, AZ Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium.
Pain Practice : the Official Journal of World Institute of Pain
|November 26, 2015
Abstract:
Radiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches is a possible treatment for chronic cervical facet pain syndrome when conservative management has failed. According to the literature, complications after radiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches are rare. We report a case of possible phrenic nerve injury after ipsilateral radiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches following a posterolateral approach.

