Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Lumbar Zygapophyseal Joint Pain Using a V-Shaped Active Tip Needle: An Observational Retrospective Study

Giuliano Lo Bianco,1,2 Giovanni Misseri,2 Agnes R Stogicza,3 Gregoretti Cesare,2,4 Sean Li,5 Miles Day,6 David J Kennedy,7 Michael E Schatman8,9 1Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 2Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Fondazione Istituto “G. Giglio”, Cefalù, Palermo, Italy; 3Anesthesia and Pain, Saint Magdolna Private Hospital, Budapest, Hungary; 4Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Science (Di.Chir.On.S.), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 5National Spine and Pain Centers, Shrewsbury, NJ, USA; 6Pain Research, The Pain Center at Grace Clinic, Texas Tech University HSC, Lubbock, TX, USA; 7Department of PM&R, V…