Radiofrequency ablation near the bone-muscle interface alters soft tissue lesion dimensions.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Radiofrequency (RF) lesions are safe and effective in the treatment of spine pain; however, models developed to study factors affecting lesion dimensions have been performed in homogeneous media that may not accurately simulate human anatomy and electrophysiology. We present a novel ex vivo porcine model for performing RF lesion studies and report the influence of bone on projection of RF ablation lesions into soft tissue. METHODS:Radiofrequency lesions were performed in porcine rib specimens using monopolar 18-gauge, 10-mm straight active tip cannula, with a lesion temperature of 80°C for 150 seconds. Ten lesions were performed in pure porcine muscle tissue and abutting porcine rib bone with surrounding muscle. Lesions were exposed with dissection and measured with digital calipers. RESULTS:Maximal effective lesion radius approximately doubled against the bone compared with the pure muscle group (mean, 5.65 mm [95% CI, 5.43-5.87 mm] vs 2.68 mm [95% CI, 2.55-2.81 mm], P < .0001), although this was seen only in a vertical direction and not horizontally. In addition, the prelesion and postlesion impedance of the bone-muscle interface was consistently higher than the muscle-only interface (mean, 165.6 Ohm [95% CI, 146.6-184.6 Ohm] vs 137.8 Ohm [95% CI, 135.5-140.1 Ohm], P = 0.004; 144.3 Ohm [95% CI, 134.3-154.3 Ohm] vs 124.3 Ohm [95% CI, 119.3-129.3 Ohm], P = 0.001). Other dimensions and estimated volume were not significantly different. CONCLUSIONS:Bone adjacent to RF lesions alters the surrounding electrophysiological environment causing RF lesions to project further perpendicularly from the needle axis, vertically to bone, than previously expected. This phenomenon should be considered in the future modeling and clinical practice of RF.

journal_name

Reg Anesth Pain Med

authors

Eckmann MS,Martinez MA,Lindauer S,Khan A,Ramamurthy S

doi

10.1097/AAP.0000000000000221

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-05-01 00:00:00

pages

270-5

issue

3

eissn

1098-7339

issn

1532-8651

journal_volume

40

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