My husband has had the nerve burning treatment and it helps. It has been over a year now. He had steroid injections before this treatment that lasted six months or so. The doc said the nerves would grow back and he still has pain, but the procedure helped. He will probably repeat the treatment when the pain worsens and he feels he needs it again. More @Wikipedia
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