Is rhizotomy good for back pain?

Only if injected 1st: Rhizotomy is a third stage treatment, after diagnosis of facet syndrome, after successful but short pain relief with injection. You may get months of pain relief in order to complete your rehabilitation. It does not "fix anything" and can become an expensive recurring option if surgery is not recomended.

Generally Good: Radiofrequency procedures work well if a previous facet injection or medial branch block was performed with greater than 75-80% relief that was obtained. As with anything there are failures, but quite low if the block worked well. Risks are the same as with any spine procedure, no different. Rare that you would be worse off afterwards.

See below: A rhizotomy is a procedure that cauterizes the small nerves that go to your back joints (medial branch nerves). This procedure is usually performed after you have had successful anesthetic blocks to the nerves that go to the specific joint you are testing. This procedure can help if your pain is coming from the back joints.