Basivertebral Nerve Ablation for the Treatment of Vertebrogenic Pain.

Abstract

Chronic low back pain affects a significant portion of patients worldwide and is a major contributor to patient disability; however, it is a difficult problem to diagnose and treat. The prevailing model of chronic low back pain has presumed to follow a discogenic model, but recent studies have shown a vertebrogenic model that involves the basivertebral nerve (BVN). Radiofrequency ablation of the BVN has emerged as a possible nonsurgical therapy for vertebrogenic low back pain. The objective of this manuscript is to provide a comprehensive review of vertebrogenic pain diagnosis and our current understanding of BVN ablation as treatment.

• Authors: Ivan Urits, Nazir Noor, Arjun Singh Johal, Joseph Leider, Joseph Brinkman, Nathan Fackler, Neeraj Vij, Daniel An, Elyse M Cornett, Alan D Kaye, Omar Viswanath
• Journal: Pain and therapy (Pain Ther) Vol. 10 Issue 1 Pg. 39-53 (Jun 2021) ISSN: 2193-8237 [Print] New Zealand
• PMID: 33128702 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)