Impact of Prior Lumbar Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation on Surgical Outcomes Following Single-Level Posterior Lumbar Fusion: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Yu Chang¹, Chia-En Wong^{1

2}, Po-Hsuan Lee¹, Hong-Min Lin³, Jung-Shun Lee^{1

2

4

5}, Chi-Chen Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Center of transformative bioelectronic medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

Yu Chang et al. Pain Med. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 30:pnaf131.

doi: 10.1093/pm/pnaf131. Online ahead of print.

Yu Chang¹, Chia-En Wong^{1

2}, Po-Hsuan Lee¹, Hong-Min Lin³, Jung-Shun Lee^{1

2

4

5}, Chi-Chen Huang¹

¹ Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Center of transformative bioelectronic medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Family Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.

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