SynthesisCurrent pain and headache reports2019
Radiofrequency Ablation for Management of Shoulder Pain.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Radiofrequency Ablation and Pulsed Radiofrequency of Suprascapular Nerves for Managing Chronic Shoulder Pain.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Evaluation of internally cooled radiofrequency ablation targeting multiple shoulder nerves for chronic shoulder pain relief and function restoration: a prospective study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2025Article
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- Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Joint and Back Pain: Rationales, Techniques, and Results.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2023Review
- Ultrasound-guided continuous radiofrequency ablation of the suprascapular nerve for chronic shoulder pain secondary to osteoarthritis: a retrospective cohort study.European radiology · 2022Article
- The painful shoulder arthroplasty: appropriate work-up and review of interventional pain treatments.JSES reviews, reports, and techniques · 2022Review
- Alternative treatment of hip pain from advanced hip osteoarthritis utilizing cooled radiofrequency ablation: single institution pilot study.Skeletal radiology · 2022Article
- CT-Guided Cooled Radiofrequency Denervation for Chronic Arthritis Pain of the Hip and Shoulder.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2022Review
- Pharmacological Treatment in the Management of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis.Drugs & aging · 2022Review
- Review of Radiofrequency Ablation for Peripheral Nerves.Current pain and headache reports · 2021Review
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe treatment options for the management of shoulder pain are broad but evolving process. Modalities for controlling shoulder pain have commonly focused on pharmacotherapy, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and invasive procedures (surgical procedures, surgical, intra-articular steroid injections, many times, being sub-optimal). The use of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for managing shoulder pain is on the rise. Our review investigated the evidence for the use of RFA in the management of shoulder pain. RECENT
findingsIn our investigation, a review of the literature was conducted using Medline, PubMed, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 1966 to 2018. Our study included RCTs, open non-randomized control studies, prospective studies, retrospective studies, case series, and case reports. We limited our search to patients with chronic shoulder pathologies. Our initial search identified 96 articles for initial review. This was narrowed down to 31 articles, which met our inclusion criteria, with only 18 articles remaining after our exclusion criteria was applied. This systematic review suggests that shoulder RFA may provide a safe and significant benefit in the management of chronic shoulder pain. There were a few high-quality RCTs included in our study, which supports the findings of several case reports and case series.
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