Burn Wound along the Guide Needle Trajectory as a Complication of Radiofrequency Neurotomy of the Lumbar Medial Branch: A case report.
10.3344/kjp.2006.19.2.257
- Author:
Hong Jun YOUN
;
Jae Chol SHIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
burn wound;
complications;
radiofrequency neurotomy
- MeSH:
Arthralgia;
Burns*;
Hot Temperature;
Needles*;
Wounds and Injuries*
- From:The Korean Journal of Pain
2006;19(2):257-260
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Radiofrequency neurotomy of the lumbar medial branch, via a caudal approach, is a representative interventional procedure for lumbar zygapophysial joint pain, which can be performed more accurately and easily using a guide needle technique. We experienced a case of burn wound formation along the guide needle trajectory, where heat conduction through the guide needle was suggested to have resulted in the burn wound.
