ArticleSkeletal radiology2015
Percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation for the treatment of refractory pudendal neuralgia.
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- Evaluating the Predictive Value of Pre-procedural Diagnostic Nerve Blocks in Patients Undergoing Cryoneurolysis.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026Article
- The Diagnosis and Management of Pudendal Neuralgia.Pain and therapy · 2026Review
- Cryoneurolysis: An Emerging Personalized Treatment Strategy for Significant Pelvic Pain.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- Minimally Invasive Treatment Strategies for Metastatic Disease of the Skeleton: Current Concepts.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Pudendal Neuralgia: A Review of the Current Literature.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- Cementoplasty to cryoablation: review and current status.BJR open · 2024Review
- Ischiorectal Approach to Cryoablation of the Pudendal Nerve Using a Handheld Device: A Report of Two Cases.Cureus · 2023Article
- Efficacy of cryoneurolysis in the management of chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2022Article
- Non-pharmacological treatments for chronic orchialgia: A systemic review.Arab journal of urology · 2021Review
- Diagnostic and interventional magnetic resonance neurography diagnosis of brachytherapy seed-mediated pudendal nerve injury: a case report.Translational andrology and urology · 2020Article
- Interventional Cryoneurolysis: What Is the Same, What Is Different, What Is New?Seminars in interventional radiology · 2019Review
- Real-time probe tracking using EM-optical sensor for MRI-guided cryoablation.The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation of the pudendal nerve for the treatment of refractory pudendal neuralgia. MATERIALS AND
methodsEleven patients were selected to undergo percutaneous CT-guided cryoablation of the pudendal nerve based on established diagnostic criteria. Brief Pain Inventory questionnaires were administered prior to the procedure, during the immediate 24 h post procedure, and 45 days and 6 months following the procedure.
resultsPrior to treatment, the average level of pain on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable) was 7.6, with pain described as "burning" (80%), "pulling" (37.5%), "crushing" (50%), "pressure" (84.5%), "throbbing" (50%), "knife-life" (52%), and "other" (60%). At 24 h, 45 days, and 6 months post-treatment, pain intensity dropped to 2.6, 3.5, and 3.1, respectively (p < 0.005). There were no procedure-related complications.
conclusionsCT-guided percutaneous cryoablation may represent a safe and efficacious option for selected patients with refractory pudendal neuralgia.
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