A relatively new operation is giving those who suffer from lower-back pain a whole new lease on life.
Intracept, a minimally invasive outpatient procedure, uses radiofrequency energy to target the basivertebral nerve, which transmits pain signals from degenerative discs in the lower spine. First performed in the state at Newark’s SpineCare Delaware, by doctors from First State Spine, Intracept offers an easier procedure than other treatments.
“This is groundbreaking technology that gives patients the opportunity to not have a spinal fusion with instrumentation and rods and screws—and two to three days in the hospital with big, open incisions,” explains Rachel Magner, MSM, HCA, director of SpineCare Delaware. “This is two Band-Aids, and you leave in an hour. The average patient is getting significant low-back-pain relief without any invasive surgery.”…