Method for treating the thoracic region of a patient's body
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1. A method of treating a thoracic region of a patient'"'"'s spine, the method comprising:
- inserting a first electrosurgical device at a segment of a transverse process of a first thoracic vertebra;
moving the first electrosurgical device in a cranial direction until a distal tip of the first electrosurgical device slips over a superolateral aspect of the transverse process;
inserting a second electrosurgical device at a segment of a second thoracic vertebra adjacent to the first thoracic vertebra;
moving the second electrosurgical device in a caudal direction until a distal tip of the second electrosurgical device slips over a inferiolateral aspect of the transverse process; and
delivering energy between the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device in a bipolar manner while cooling the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for the treatment of a thoracic region of a patient'"'"'s body. Embodiments of the method comprise positioning an energy delivery portion of an electrosurgical device to face a segment of a thoracic vertebra at a distance from the segment; and cooling the energy delivery portion and delivering energy through the energy delivery portion.
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1. A method of treating a thoracic region of a patient'"'"'s spine, the method comprising:
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inserting a first electrosurgical device at a segment of a transverse process of a first thoracic vertebra; moving the first electrosurgical device in a cranial direction until a distal tip of the first electrosurgical device slips over a superolateral aspect of the transverse process; inserting a second electrosurgical device at a segment of a second thoracic vertebra adjacent to the first thoracic vertebra; moving the second electrosurgical device in a caudal direction until a distal tip of the second electrosurgical device slips over a inferiolateral aspect of the transverse process; and delivering energy between the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device in a bipolar manner while cooling the first electrosurgical device and the second electrosurgical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of treating a nerve in the thoracic region of a patient'"'"'s body, the method comprising:
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positioning a first energy delivery portion of a electrosurgical device so as to face a region where the nerve is likely to be found, at a distance from the region, the region being located distal to the first energy delivery portion and containing a transverse process of a first thoracic vertebra; and moving the first energy delivery portion in a cranial direction until a distal tip of the first energy delivery portion slips over a superolateral aspect of the transverse process; positioning a second energy delivery portion of the electrosurgical device at a segment of the region adjacent to the nerve; moving the second energy delivery portion in a caudal direction until a distal tip of the second energy delivery portion slips over a inferiolateral aspect of the transverse process; cooling the first and second energy delivery portions of the electrosurgical device and delivering energy from the first and second energy delivery portions to form a lesion at the nerve. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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