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Facet Ablation

Nerve Ablation is a surgery that can be used to treat the following conditions:

•    Facet Arthritis

•    Spinal Stenosis

•    Sprains and Strains

The goal of this surgery is to destroy, or ablate specific nerve endings around the structures in the spine that are causing pain, often this nerve pain is caused by compression or rubbing from surrounding structures.
This surgery can be done two ways, one way uses radio frequency and the one way would use lasers.

Radio Frequency Nerve Ablation

Radio Frequency Nerve Ablation is a minimally invasive surgery that can be performed on an outpatient basis. It works by heating up specific nerves in the area of the spine that is causing your pain, as you heat up the nerves if temporarily turns them off or kills them so that they can no longer send pain signals to the brain.

The surgical procedure is quite simple.

•    Your surgeon would perform the surgery using a television x-ray or some other live way of directly visualizing the area. This is done to verify placement of the needle that must be used, and to mark the location of where the needle would need to be inserted

•    A needle would be inserted through your back and into the affected area; an electrode is then inserted through the needle

•    Radio Frequency current is then sent through this electrode into the tissue surrounding the painful area to heat it up

•    The nerves are now temporality deadened turning off any pain signals being sent to the brain

Laser Facet Ablation

This is very similar to a Radio Frequency Nerve Ablation but a laser is used to heat up the surrounding tissue and nerves that are causing pain. One laser that is commonly used is the holmium yag laser.  This is the preferred laser due to it not having a high degree of tissue penetration so it does not damage otherwise healthy tissue.

This surgery is also quite simple

•    Your surgeon would perform the surgery using a television x-ray or some other live way of directly visualizing the area. They would make a small incision and insert a small tube; through this tube the fiber optic cable is inserted

•    The laser is turned on and it will vaporize the nerve endings that are sending pain signals to your brain

•    Once this is done it will be removed along with the tube, the small incision will be stitched up
Success rates for this surgery are extremely variable and it should be noted that pain has been known to come back in 6-8 months due to the nerves regenerating themselves

If you would like more information on these two surgeries or you think you are suffering from facet arthritis, spinal stenosis or sprains and strains in your back and you would like more information on treatment options it is best for you to consult with a physician so they can perform a full examination and review your medical history.

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