TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Ahmed Shawky Mohamed AU - Ahmed Abdelaziz Aref , AU - Maha Mohammed Ismail , AU - Maher Fawzy Mahmoud , TI - Role of radiofrequency in chronic pain management / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Ahmed Shawky Mohamed , KW - Pain physiology KW - Pulsed radiofrequency KW - Radiofrequency N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia; Issued also as CD N2 - This essay discusses, the basics of radiofrequency ablation lesioning, and the application of radiofrequency ablation in various chronic pain conditions, with emphasis on patient selection and outcome, it also documents the different RFA techniques to treat chronic pain originating from the lumbar and cervical facets, the trigeminal nerve, spinal dorsal root ganglia, sympathetic nerves, cancers, phantom limb, shoulder, post operative and neuropathic pain and focuses on the value RFA in the management of these chronic pain conditions ER -