Percutaneous Image-Guided Cryoneurolysis

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Feb;210(2):454-465. doi: 10.2214/AJR.17.18452. Epub 2017 Dec 8.

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this article is to review the available evidence regarding image-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis, with a focus on indications, technique, efficacy, and potential complications.

Conclusion: Percutaneous image-guided cryoneurolysis is safe and effective for the management of several well-described syndromes involving neuropathic pain. Additional rigorous prospective study is warranted to further define the efficacy and specific role of these interventions.

Keywords: cryoneurolysis; interventional pain management; nerve cryoablation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional*
  • Neuralgia / diagnostic imaging
  • Neuralgia / surgery*
  • Pain Management / methods*
  • Pain Measurement
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional*