The Lumbar Trident Study

Lugano Regional Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Facet Joint Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Radiofrequency denervation of the lumbar facet joint

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05949970

The Lumbar Trident Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

This observational retrospective study evaluates the efficacy of RF with the three-tined expandable electrode needle compared to before treatment in the treatment of chronic lumbar facet joint pain.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 18 years old
• Patients with lumbar pain
• Patient who had two diagnostic medial branch blocks with significant (>50%) improvement on both injections

Exclusion criteria

• No patient related outcome measures available in hospital's patient charts