Management of pain on hallux valgus with percutaneous intra-articular Pulse-Dose Radiofrequency

Masala, Salvatore; Fiori, Roberto; Calabria, Eros; Raguso, Mario; Vivo, Dominique De; Cuzzolino, Alessandro; Simonetti, Giovanni

doi:10.1111/1756-185x.12414

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“…The PDRF is a technical evolution of PRF . In PDRF as in PRF, pulse parameters include an amplitude of 45 V and an “active phase” with 20 msec duration, followed by a 480 msec silent phase . In PDRF, if the tissue temperature exceeds 45–50°C, the RF system stops the next pulse until the temperature does not reach normal values .…”

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“…In 2014 Masala et al . documented PDRF clinical effectiveness, defined as pain relief and safety, as the absence of complications, for patients with chronic pain due to knee OA, hallux valgus and pudendal neuralgia …”

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“…Similar parameters were used by Masala et al . for treatment of symptomatic knee OA, pudendal neuralgia and hallux valgus in order to achieve tissue temperatures under 45–50°C …”

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“…PRF employs high‐frequency electrical currents, as in CRF, with sufficient energy to modulate the electrical field, but insufficient to cause irreversible damage to the targeted tissues. The PDRF procedure is inherently the same as PRF, but instead of modulating the amplitude or width of the consecutive pulses in order to keep the temperature under a certain threshold, in the PDRF technique the generator would wait until the temperature drops to give the next pulse with the same characteristics as the previous ones . The efficacy of the PDRF technique has been investigated by Masala et al .…”

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“…The efficacy of the PDRF technique has been investigated by Masala et al . in the management of chronic pain in patients with knee OA, pudendal neuralgia and hallux valgus . The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of PDRF in management of chronic pain due to trapezio‐metacarpal OA.…”

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“…Similar parameters were used by Masala et al . for treatment of symptomatic knee OA, pudendal neuralgia and hallux valgus in order to achieve tissue temperatures under 45–50°C …”

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Radiofrequency procedures have been used for treating various chronic pain conditions for decades. These minimally invasive percutaneous treatments employ an alternating electrical current with oscillating radiofrequency wavelengths to eliminate or alter pain signals from the targeted site. The aim of the continuous radiofrequency procedure is to increase the temperature sufficiently to create an irreversible thermal lesion on nerve fibres and thus permanently interrupt pain signals. The pulsed radiofrequency procedure utilises short pulses of radiofrequency current with intervals of longer pauses to avert a temperature increase to the level of permanent tissue damage. The goal of these pulses is to alter the processing of pain signals, but to avoid relevant structural damage to nerve fibres, as seen in the continuous radiofrequency procedure. The pulse-dose radiofrequency procedure is a technical improvement of the pulsed radiofrequency technique in which the delivery mode of the current is adapted. During the pulse-dose radiofrequency procedure thermal damage is avoided. In addition, the amplitude and width of the consecutive pulses are kept the same. The method ensures that each delivered pulse keeps the same characteristics and therefore the dose is similar between patients. The current review outlines the pulse-dose radiofrequency procedure and presents our institution's chronic pain management studies.

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Management of pain on hallux valgus with percutaneous intra-articular Pulse-Dose Radiofrequency

Cited by 8 publications

References 42 publications

Pulse-dose radiofrequency can reduce chronic pain in trapezio-metacarpal osteoarthritis: A mini-invasive therapeutic approach

Pulse-dose radiofrequency can reduce chronic pain in trapezio-metacarpal osteoarthritis: A mini-invasive therapeutic approach

Discogenic Low Back Pain and Radicular Pain: Therapeutic Strategies and Role of Radio-Frequency Techniques

Pulse-dose radiofrequency treatment in pain management—initial experience

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