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The use of radiofrequency denervation to treat pain of zygapophyseal joint or posterior spinal compartment origin has been gaining in interest since studies showed that heat lesions selectively block smaller fibres in a nerve — the pain-conducting A-δ and C fibres10 and also since the resurrection of the concept that chronic pain can derive from these posterior structures.
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Vivian, D.G. (1990). Radiofrequency denervation of the zygapophyseal joint nerve supply. In: Paterson, J.K., Burn, L. (eds) Back Pain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2165-8_49
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