Chronic Low Back Pain can be caused by many different associated structures in the low back. One possible cause is the vertebral body and it can diagnosed by MRI findings. The Intracept procedure is a definitive, minimally invasive treatment to stop the pain from the vertebral body.
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This procedure is performed in the OR, as an outpatient, with sedation. A fluoroscope is used to place an electrode into the vertebral body to cauterize the basivertebral nerves that can conduct pain signals from the upper and lower surfaces of the vertebrae.