ABPS Interventional Pain Management Practice Questions - ABPS Interventional Pain Management Certification Examination Exam

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A 62-year-old with axial low back pain and tenderness over the L4-L5 facet joints, worsened by extension and rotation, has failed conservative therapy. Per evidence-based interventional pain guidelines, what is the BEST diagnostic step before considering radiofrequency ablation?

Single intra-articular facet steroid injection Two separate diagnostic medial branch blocks with concordant short-acting local anesthetic relief Empiric lumbar fusion consultation Lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injection

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Two separate diagnostic medial branch blocks with concordant short-acting local anesthetic relief

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