• Curr Pain Headache Rep · May 2024

    Review

    Applications of Cryoneurolysis in Chronic Pain Management: a Review of the Current Literature.

    • David L Chang, Benjamin Mirman, Neel Mehta, and Daniel Pak.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029, USA. david.chang@mountsinai.org.
    • Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2024 May 1; 28 (5): 403416403-416.

    Purpose Of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to evaluate and summarize the literature investigating cryoneurolysis in the treatment of various chronic pain pathologies.Recent FindingsThere is an increasing amount of interest in the use of cryoneurolysis in chronic pain, and various studies have investigated its use in lumbar facet joint pain, SI joint pain, post-thoracotomy syndrome, temporomandibular joint pain, chronic knee pain, phantom limb pain, neuropathic pain, and abdominal pain. Numerous retrospective studies and a more limited number of prospective, sham-controlled prospective studies suggest the efficacy of cryoneurolysis in managing these chronic pain pathologies with a low complication rate. However, more blinded, controlled, prospective studies comparing cryoneurolysis to other techniques are needed to clarify its relative risks and advantages.© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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