SURGICAL NEUROLOGY, cilt.72, sa.5, ss.496-501, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: PRF treatment has recently been described as minimally neurodestructive alternative to radiofrequency heat lesions. Patients with some pain syndromes in whom the pain could not be controlled by alternative techniques may be treated using PRF. In the present study, our main goal was to evaluate and compare the ultrastructure of peripheral nerve tissue that was heated by PRF, CRF with 42 degrees C, and CRF with 70 degrees C.