Radiofrequency, commonly identified by the acronym RF, is a therapy used in patients with chronic pain through neuroablation or neuromodulation of the peripheral nervous system where drug therapies had proven ineffective.
Using an electrode, that is, a special needle with an active tip, nerve structures are subjected to the transmission of temperature-controlled electric current produced by a generator in order to reduce or in some cases permanently eliminate painful stimuli transmitted to the brain.
There are different types of Radiofrequency, and Medical Service is able to treat numerous pathologies, thanks to its range of generators and disposable kits, ranging from classic forms of radiofrequency to special waveforms that guarantee an increasingly personalized treatment according to the symptomatology found on the individual patient.
RF Injury Standard
It is the most common form of Radiofrequency, which by means of Thermoablation, reaching temperatures around 90° produces a damaging action on the treated nerve, up to the total destruction of the treated part, a technique particularly used in the presence of tumor masses.
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RF Injury Cooled
Cooled Radiofrequency represents the most viable technique for avoiding excessive tissue overheating, causing significantly more injury than standard radiofrequency. The electrode is cooled internally by a sterile cold water circuit, thus providing a larger area of thermolesion. The Cooled Radiofrequency Generator, which has unique features for procedure management, precisely regulates temperature, resulting in consistent and predictable lesion formation throughout the procedure on all active channels.
RF Pulsed
Pulsed Radiofrequency is the most innovative and non-injurious technique, it is applied by a process of Neuromodulation, which through the generation of an electric field transmitted to the nerve is intended to produce an analgesic effect while safeguarding the tissue.
Unlike Lesive RF, the temperature reached does not exceed 42°, precisely because the purpose is not to produce a lesion, but to interrupt the transmission of the signal of the painful stimulus by “numbing” the treated nerve.
Compared to those on the market today, Medical Service has advanced technology that generates electromagnetic waves that vary in height and length, never the same, transmitting ever-changing pulses to the treated part, preventing the nerve from “getting used to” the stimulation received.
RF Pulsed Epidural
Epidural and/or Transforaminal Pulsed Radiofrequency is applied under ultrasound guidance, through the insertion of a needle cannula in the center of the dorsal ganglion.
Pulsed Radiofrequency techniques do not use damage of the tissue to treat the nervous system.
It is a technique particularly suitable for the treatment of intercostal neuralgia or post vertebral body surgery.
The epidural catheter is an orientable neurolysis catheter useful for nerve decompression without open intervention to relieve pain associated with chronic and acute spinal disorders.
The system is equipped with a lever that orients the catheter toward the target to facilitate the infusion of drug or hyaluronidase to perform the lysis of the adhesions.