ArticleCureus2025
Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation in Shoulder Pain: A Cohort study.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pulsed and cooled radiofrequency for chronic shoulder pain: a systematic review of comparative and cohort studies.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- High versus low-voltage pulsed radiofrequency of the suprascapular nerve for chronic shoulder pain: A randomized pilot clinical trial.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of high-voltage radiofrequency on suprascapular nerve for the treatment of chronic shoulder pain.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
- Rates of knee arthroplasty after genicular nerve ablation: A retrospective study utilizing a large national database.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the pain and clinical evolution of patients with shoulder pain with cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA). METHODOLOGY: A cohort prospective study of patients with shoulder pain for >3 months. All patients included were treated with CRFA in the sensitive innervation around the shoulder (lateral pectoral, suprascapular nerve, axillary nerve), and were followed for 24 weeks. Pain was evaluated with the visual analog scale, while clinical evolution was evaluated with several scales of shoulder function.
resultsFifteen patients were included. All patients improved significantly the pain during the time of the study. The clinical function of the shoulder shows a significant improvement during the 24 weeks of follow-up.
conclusionsCRFA is a medical procedure that helps to improve pain and function related to shoulder pain independently of the primary pathology in the shoulder.
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