Abstract:IntroductionChronic pain in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) can significantly impact quality of life, with prevalence ranging from 26% to 96%. 1 Treatment of chronic pain is notoriously challenging and unsatisfactory for providers and patients. 1,2 Patients with traumatic SCI and fusion can develop adjacent-level degeneration. 3 Facet-mediated pain can be treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the medial branch nerves that innervate the zygapophyseal joints. 4 Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is seen mo… Show more
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