Radiofrequency Neurotomy In Relieving Chronic Knee Pain

Assiut University60 enrolled

Overview

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is commonest chronic arthritis affecting patients usually aged above 45 years. OA decreased health-related quality of life and increased economic costs. Radiofrequency (RF), was used for the treatment of chronic pain unresponsive to conservative therapies. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteo Arthritis Knee Pain, Chronic

Interventions

radiofrequencyPROCEDURE

radiofrequency done in the three genicular nerves upper medial and upper lateral and lower medial

Paracetamol (conventional)DRUG

Ketorolac Tromethamine (conventional)DRUG

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 70 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * chronic arthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria * diagnosed radiologically patients in stage 3 and 4, according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification Exclusion Criteria: * other causes of pain such as radiculopathy, neurological disorders, or intermittent claudication. * patients receive intraarticular steroid or hyaluronic acids during previous three months. * patients did previous knee surgery. * Patients with general contraindication to the application of invasive intervention such as hemorrhage, coagulation disorder, systemic infection or local infection. * patients with other connective tissue disease affecting the knee. And 6-psychiatric disorders.

Locations (1)

Emad Zarief Kamel Said

Asyut, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain assessment by VAS scale

assessing pain by VAS scale

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

patient satisfaction by Likert scale

Likert scale to assess patients satisfaction

Time frame: 6 months

patient disability by Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index

Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index to assess disability

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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