CASE REPORT article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Neurosurgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1570965
This article is part of the Research TopicSurgical Approaches and Outcomes in Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathiesView all 3 articles
Postoperative Myelitis Subsequent to Cervical Spine Radiofrequency Ablation: A Case Report
Provisionally accepted
- 1Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
- 2Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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Commonly used minimally invasive treatment for cervical spondylotic diseases, cervical spine radiofrequency ablation (RFA) provides benefits of faster recovery and less trauma. However, data on the monitoring and management of postoperative complications, especially severe adverse events like myelitis, is limited. This case report details a 75-year-old female patient with a medical history of hypertension, cerebral infarction, and hyperlipidemia who subsequently developed myelitis after undergoing cervical spine radiofrequency ablation (RFA). The patient received effective treatment following a sequence of diagnostic and therapeutic measures, highlighting the risk of severe complications and the vital necessity of maintaining rigorous aseptic protocols during the procedure.This report extensively discusses the etiology of myelitis in this patient and explores the direct or indirect role of RFA in the development of myelitis.
Keywords: Cervical spine Radiofrequency Ablation, Myelitis, complications, case report, Radiofrequency ablation
Received: 06 Feb 2025; Accepted: 11 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xu, Ding, Yang, Dong, Xu, Qu, Guo and Cao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Zhicheng Qu, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100010, Beijing Municipality, China
Wei Guo, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100010, Beijing Municipality, China
Ying Cao, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100010, Beijing Municipality, China
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