The Analgesic Efficacy Supra-scapular Nerve RF After Breast Surgery

The Analgesic and Rehabilitative Value of Supra-scapular Nerve Radiofrequency in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain After Breast Surgery.

Eighty patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast surgery were allocated randomly into 2 groups; forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) followed by injection of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group1) and forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve injection of of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group 2) without active pulsed radiofrequency only demo mode was applied.

Eighty patients with chronic shoulder pain after breast surgery were allocated randomly into 2 groups ; forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) followed by injection through the radiofrequency needle of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group1) and forty patients received fluoroscopically guided supra-scapular nerve injection of 0.25% bupivacaine solution containing 40 mg of methylprednisolone (group 2) without active pulsed radiofrequency only demo mode was applied.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with post-mastectomy pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria are patients with any medical contraindications to neurolysis, patients with other bone metastases.