Basivertebral Nerve Ablation: Pearls and Pitfalls

[@Sus5051]

I had this procedure done on Aug. 24, 2023. The doctor is an interventional pain specialist who performed it and has a positive reputation in the community here in Arizona. After going home I started shaking and having severe pain all over my body. It got so bad I couldn’t get out of bed. I was taken to the ER by ambulance and received pain medication. The gave me morphine twice and then dilaudid. My blood pressure dropped so much they needed to give me Narcan twice. The pain I was having did not abate until I was started back on my Rx of Prednisone. I had a stroke caused by low blood pressure from the pain medication and subsequently was sent to a Rehab hospital for three weeks to recover function. My low back pain has never resolved. To this day I still have the severe pain daily. All I am left with is opioid pills. My doctor has no idea what happened. In this video you don’t talk about any negative side effects for this procedure. Did you ever have a patient who did not respond to this procedure or whose back pain was not relieved, like mine?

[@Tomedu2021]

Awesome presentation, Can the ablation be done to the thoracic area? Modic changes type I Thanks

[@simonharris4801]

Just had done last week Still stuffed apparently it takes 4/6 weeks to be able to tell So the long wait is under way Really hoping it works

[@ricemartini2135]

Are you feeling any relief since? Hoping so 🙏