• Pain Pract · Feb 2016

    Case Reports

    Phrenic Nerve Injury After Radiofrequency Denervation of the Cervical Medial Branches.

    • Frans Van de Perck, Filiep Soetens, Christophe Lebrun, Arno Lataster, Amaury Verhamme, and Jan Van Zundert.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, AZ Turnhout, Turnhout, Belgium.
    • Pain Pract. 2016 Feb 1; 16 (2): E42-5.

    AbstractRadiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches is a possible treatment for chronic cervical facet pain syndrome when conservative management has failed. According to the literature, complications after radiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches are rare. We report a case of possible phrenic nerve injury after ipsilateral radiofrequency denervation of the cervical medial branches following a posterolateral approach.© 2015 World Institute of Pain.

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