melhen, I don't know anyone who has had either procedure (so I'm no help), but I'm hoping you'll have success and report back. I never trust the testimonials from the ads and you've probably already seen them, but https://www.elliquence.com/education/patients/disc-fx-overview/
There was a procedure called nucleoplasty where they used a similar probe only with radiofrequency, so it evaporated part part of the disc and that sucked the protruded part back in. Then they used thermal modulation to try and seal the herniation. It worked well for two years, but never returned to its previous pain level.
Best luck.

I have the spinal ablation ahead in March. After years of other types of pain relief they will give this a try. So I will be hopeful it works, also for you.

I have had RFA s done on T 2 - T 3 ~ T3 -T 4 ~ T4 -T 5 for years with mixed results. They do help for how long depends on you and how well the RFA was done. It dosn't always burn / kill the nerve. If it does and you get relife enjoy it while you can as it (the nerve will allways grow back) lasts between 1 month and 1 year.+ - Good luck! ! !

I had 6 rounds of injections, an ablation, the doctor also drilled a hole in the back bone and burned the nerve. Unfortunately nothing has worked for me. Hopefully it will work for you.

Thank you. I will be seeing my dr. not month and I'll ask him about this.

I've had 2 ablations done to my lower back and they seem to work well for about 1 year each time. They take about 4-6 weeks to take full affect. After each procedure it feels like a sunburn inside my back but after that it is numb for about a year. The only bad effect is that I now feel all of the other pains in my body that I hadn't felt hurting before because that pain was overpowering those pains. It's always something. The fun part of growing old. I also have a spinal stimulator for some (about 10) Tarlov cysts on my spinal nerves. They cause "ghost pains" and the stimulator helps to relieve the pains caused by those cysts. I've had the stimulator for about 3 years now and I've had no problems with it. Hope this information helps someone.

Can you please comment on how much your lower back ablation did for your pain? I am 74 and have resulting back pain when standing from a fractured vertebrae. Thanking you in advance for your answer.

They have an implant for the SI joints now called and I was hoping to find someone that has had it done. It is a spacer that goes in the SI joint called Nevro1

I'm 81. Shots won't work. The ablation didn't work either. My left side is worse also, by the way. Had my left hip replaced (for need), but that didn't help the back problem. I think that losing 20 or 30 pounds might help, but that's a struggle.

How do doctors determine what nerve to block