High-intensity focused ultrasound as the savior for lumbar facet joint neurotomy: fact, fad, or fiction?

Jay Karri¹, Steven P Cohen^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Orthopedic Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA steven.cohen@northwestern.edu.
³ Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Editorial

Jay Karri et al. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025.

. 2025 Apr 10;50(4):321-323.

doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105515.

Jay Karri¹, Steven P Cohen^{2

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¹ Orthopedic Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA steven.cohen@northwestern.edu.
³ Professor of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Anesthesiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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Keywords: Back Pain; CHRONIC PAIN; Pain Management.

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