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ArticleCureus2024

Thoracic Radiofrequency Ablation in a Patient With Von Willebrand's Disease: A Case Report.

William J Brandt, Tatiana J Han, Giustino Varrassi, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

William J BrandtSchool of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.
Tatiana J HanInternal Medicine, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Shreveport, USA.
Giustino VarrassiPain Medicine, Paolo Procacci Foundation, Rome, ITA.
Sahar ShekoohiAnesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.
Alan D KayeAnesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital bleeding disorders involve specific deficiencies in factors that can alter hemostasis, increasing the risk of bleeding. This case report describes a patient with Von Willebrand's disease who was diagnosed with severe thoracic facet arthritis with pain scores of 9/10. An antihemophilic factor (vWF, Humate-P) injection was administered by a hematologist just before thoracic medial branch blocks. Rather than receiving traditional second thoracic medial branch blocks on another day, the patient, after documenting complete relief of his symptoms with 1% lidocaine, received bilateral T6-8 thoracic radiofrequency ablations, which resulted in complete resolution of his symptoms. A second dose of Humate-P was delivered 24 hours post-procedure. Careful planning with hematologists can enable safe and effective interventional pain procedures in patients with congenital hematologic disorders. This appears to be the first case report in world literature of a patient with Von Willebrand's disease successfully receiving thoracic radiofrequency ablations.

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ablationinterventional painradiofrequencythoracic medial branch blocksvon willebrand’s disease

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PMID39449872
PMCPMC11500763

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