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ArticleNeuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society2017

RE: Juch JNS, et al. Effect of Radiofrequency Denervation on Pain Intensity Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: The Mint Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA 2017;318(1):68-81.

Leonardo Kapural, David Provenzano, Samer Narouze

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Article in Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04786145 (Cryoneurolysis Outcome on Pain Experience), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04786145 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Cryoneurolysis Outcome on Pain Experience (COPE) in Patients With Low-back Pain - a Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of AarhusRan2020 to 2022Enrolled120ConditionsChronic Low-back Pain, Facet Joint Pain, Degeneration Lumbar Spine, Facet Joint SyndromeArmsCryoneurolysis, Radiofrequency ablation, Placebo

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

Fluoroscopy-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound neurotomy of the lumbar zygapophyseal joints: a prospective, open-label study.Regional anesthesia and pain medicine · 2025
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A pragmatic randomized prospective trial of cooled radiofrequency ablation of the medial branch nerves versus facet joint injection of corticosteroid for the treatment of lumbar facet syndrome: 12 month outcomes.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency denervation versus placebo for chronic and moderate to severe low back pain: study protocol for the RADICAL randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2024
Article
Radiofrequency denervation of the lumbar facet joints: guidelines for the RADICAL randomised controlled trial.British journal of pain · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Comment on
Effect of Radiofrequency Denervation on Pain Intensity Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: The Mint Randomized Clinical Trials.2017

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Leonardo KapuralCarolinas Pain Institute, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

David ProvenzanoDepartment of Anesthesiology and Neurosurgery, Ohio State University, Summa Care, Akron, OH, USA.

Samer NarouzePain Diagnostics and Interventional Care, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Low Back PainDenervationHumansRadio WavesRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID29220124

DOI10.1111/ner.12729

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