Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Sacral Dorsal Root Ganglia as a Potential Rescue Therapy for Refractory Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Case Series

Paweł Gogol; Małgorzata Gierczak; Robert Szczepaniak; Rafał Wiśniewski; Michał Sobstyl; Rafał Pasztaleniec; Beniamin Oskar Grabarek

doi:10.12659/AJCR.954251

19 September 2026 : Case report Poland

Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Sacral Dorsal Root Ganglia as a Potential Rescue Therapy for Refractory Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Case Series

Unknown etiology, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons

Paweł Gogol

^{ABCDEF 1,2,3*}, Małgorzata Gierczak

^{B 4}, Robert Szczepaniak^{E 1,2}, Rafał Wiśniewski^{E 1,2}, Michał Sobstyl^{F 5}, Rafał Pasztaleniec^{E 6}, Beniamin Oskar Grabarek

^{CE 7}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.954251

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e954251

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Table 1 Clinical outcomes following pulsed radiofrequency of the S2–S4 dorsal root ganglia.

Outcome	Patient	Baseline	3 months	6 months
	P1	8	3	4
	P2	9	4	5
	P3	7	3	4
		—	0.109*	0.109*
	P1	7	3	4
	P2	8	4	5
	P3	6	2	3
		—	0.109*	0.109*
	P1	26	11	14
	P2	30	15	18
	P3	24	9	12
		—	0.109*	0.109*
	P1	38	65	58
	P2	42	64	56
	P3	35	63	55
		—	0.109*	0.109*
	P1	-	6	5
	P2	-	5	4
	P3	-	6	5
values were calculated using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired comparisons.

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Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Sacral Dorsal Root Ganglia as a Potential Rescue Therapy for Refractory Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Case Series

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