Table 4

Complications.

ComplicationsGroup AGroup B
Posterior column pain (radiculopathy, facet, sacroiliac joint, and hip)5 (12)21 (27)
Nonspecific CLBP1 (2)15 (19)
Stenosis radiculopathy peripheral neuropathy2 (5)22 (28)
SI joint pain08 (10)
SI fusion performed02 (3)
VCF fragility fracture09 (13)
Fusion recommended017 (22)
Fusion performed01 (1)
Revision BVNA1 (2)1 (1)
Failed revision BVNA01 (1)
  • Abbreviations: BVNA, basivertebral nerve ablation; CLBP, chronic low back pain; VCF, vertebral compression fracture.