An electrical treatment device comprising: a handle having proximal and distal ends, said proximal end of said handle including an electrical receptacle formed therein communicating with a source of RF energy; a stimulation lead extending from said distal end of said handle, said stimulation lead having a curvature along a length of said stimulation lead, said stimulation lead having a plurality of electrodes spaced along said stimulation lead, said electrodes communicating with said receptacle whereby RF energy is selectively conducted to said electrodes; a temperature-sensing element associated with each of said electrodes for measuring temperatures at said electrodes; wherein a distal end of the stimulation lead remote from the distal end of the handle is provided with a bend having a bend angle Θ, the bend being in addition to the curvature of the stimulation lead. wherein the plurality of electrodes includes at least a distal electrode, a proximal electrode, and an intermediate electrode positioned between, and electrically isolated from the proximal end distal electrodes; and wherein there is provided a plurality of electrical conductors to interconnect said plurality of electrodes to the source of RF energy; characterized by further comprising means adapted to selectively conduct the RF energy to said electrodes: first adapted to activate said plurality of electrodes in a pattern and in a mono-polar configuration to deliver RF energy to tissue surrounding the stimulation lead to create a first group of lesions in tissue surrounding each of the electrodes; and next adapted to activate the electrodes in a bipolar configuration to create a second group of lesions in tissues between the lesions of the first group of lesions. a handle having proximal and distal ends, said proximal end of said handle including an electrical receptacle formed therein communicating with a source of RF energy; a stimulation lead extending from said distal end of said handle, said stimulation lead having a curvature along a length of said stimulation lead, said stimulation lead having a plurality of electrodes spaced along said stimulation lead, said electrodes communicating with said receptacle whereby RF energy is selectively conducted to said electrodes; a temperature-sensing element associated with each of said electrodes for measuring temperatures at said electrodes; wherein a distal end of the stimulation lead remote from the distal end of the handle is provided with a bend having a bend angle Θ, the bend being in addition to the curvature of the stimulation lead. wherein the plurality of electrodes includes at least a distal electrode, a proximal electrode, and an intermediate electrode positioned between, and electrically isolated from the proximal end distal electrodes; and wherein there is provided a plurality of electrical conductors to interconnect said plurality of electrodes to the source of RF energy; characterized by further comprising means adapted to selectively conduct the RF energy to said electrodes: first adapted to activate said plurality of electrodes in a pattern and in a mono-polar configuration to deliver RF energy to tissue surrounding the stimulation lead to create a first group of lesions in tissue surrounding each of the electrodes; and next adapted to activate the electrodes in a bipolar configuration to create a second group of lesions in tissues between the lesions of the first group of lesions. first adapted to activate said plurality of electrodes in a pattern and in a mono-polar configuration to deliver RF energy to tissue surrounding the stimulation lead to create a first group of lesions in tissue surrounding each of the electrodes; and next adapted to activate the electrodes in a bipolar configuration to create a second group of lesions in tissues between the lesions of the first group of lesions.