Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Jan 2010
The efficiency of pulsed radiofrequency application on L5 and l6 dorsal roots in rabbits developing neuropathic pain.
Injury of a peripheral nerve may lead to neuropathic pain, a form of chronic pain that does not respond to traditional pain therapies. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) applied to the L5 and L6 dorsal roots on the neuropathic pain that develops after sciatic nerve injury in rabbits. ⋯ The hyperalgesia that develops as a result of neuropathic pain in rabbits was observed to be reduced by PRF application.