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ReviewSeminars in interventional radiology2019

Interventional Cryoneurolysis: What Is the Same, What Is Different, What Is New?

Ross W Bittman, Keywan Behbahani, Felix Gonzalez, J David Prologo

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Review in Seminars in interventional radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cryoneurolysis of Sacral Lateral Branches for Chronic Sacroiliac Joint Pain: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  8. The applications of cryoneurolysis for acute and chronic pain management.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ross W BittmanDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Keywan BehbahaniDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Felix GonzalezDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
J David PrologoDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryoneurolysis is the deliberate application of cold temperatures to nerves for therapeutic purposes. The idea of treating pain with this technique is thousands of years old and has evolved over time through the application of surgical techniques, nerve stimulation and/or landmark guidance, and through device development. Recent integration of the interventional radiology skill set to this space has unlocked a myriad of opportunities-primarily through a unique ability to percutaneously access deep structures in the body with accuracy and precision, and the capacity to monitor ablation zones. Understanding of the specific neurohistological process that follows targeted cryoneurolysis leads to new options for treating patients in pain without drugs and opens doors for the potential modification of a wide array of disease states.

Indexed as

cryoablationcryoanalgesiacryoneurolysisinterventional

Identifiers

PMID31798210
PMCPMC6887526

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