LLR Policy for Surgical Intervention for Low Back Pain
Category Threshold Criteria Eligibility The LLR ICB will only fund the following in accordance with the NICE Guidance (NG59) Spinal Decompression For people with radicular/ neuropathic pain when non-surgical treatment has […]
Policy for Facet Joint Injection for Non Radicular Back Pain
Category Threshold Criteria Non-radicular (non radiating) back pain is the commonest clinical presentation. Sometimes it is referred to as “mechanical back pain”. It is often the diagnosis for symptoms that […]
Policy for Medical Branch Block and Facet Joint Injection
Category Threshold Criteria Non-radicular (none radiating) back pain is the commonest clinical presentation. Sometimes it is referred to as “mechanical back pain”. It is often the diagnosis for symptoms that […]
Policy for Epidural Injections for Radicular Pain (Sciatica)
Category Threshold Criteria Epidural steroid and/ or anaesthetic injections are a common treatment for relief from many forms of low back pain, leg pain and radicular pain originating from the […]
Policy for Radio Frequency Denervation in the Management of Chronic Back Pain
Category Threshold Criteria Radiofrequency denervation, also known as radiofrequency facet or sacroilial joint rhizotomy or facet or sacroilial neurotomy, involves the application of various types of thermal or radiofrequency energy […]
LLR Policy for Temporo-Mandibular Joint Dysfunction ( TMD)
Category Threshold Criteria Temporo-mandibular joint disorder (TMD), or TMJ syndrome, is an umbrella term covering acute or chronic inflammation of the temporo-mandibular joint, which connects the mandible to the skull. […]