J Korean Pain Soc.  1991 Nov;4(2):196-199.

Treatment of Malignant Sacral Pain by Radiofrequency Lesion Generator

• Chung HS
• Kang SH
• Kim KH
• Chang TH
• Kim SH

Abstract

Efforts from many different approaches have been made to manage malignant sacral pain that commonly occurs in cancers from pelvic origin. Radiofrequency thermocoagulation provides a safe method of achieving long standing relief of intractable pain without some of the objectable side effects associated with other forms of chemical or surgical therapy. Radiofrequency sacral rhizotomy is a new method for the relief of the sacrococcygeal pain. We report a case in which we managed a patient with malignant sacrococcygeal pain with radiofrequency thermocoagulation.

Keyword

Radiofrequency thermocoagulation; Sacrococcygeal pain; Sacral rhizotomy

MeSH Terms

Electrocoagulation
Humans
Pain, Intractable
Rhizotomy