Predictive Values for the Outcome of Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Knee Pain

Diskapi Teaching and Research Hospital206 enrolled

Overview

Researchers are trying to assess a predictive value or correlation between patient and procedural characteristics and outcome measures results after genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation.

Genicular nerve radiofrequency stimulation procedure is an effective treatment for patients with chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis; however, little is known about factors that predict procedure success. This study evaluated correlation between patient characteristics and procedural characteristics and pain improvement after ultrasound guided genicular nerve radiofrequency stimulation procedure.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

206

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Knee

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient's 18 years or older * Patients who recently underwent ultrasound guided genicular nerve radiofrequency (RF) procedure Exclusion Criteria: * lack of documentation of predictive factors to assess outcome * Patients in whom adequate follow-up data was not available * Patients who were prescribed a new analgesic drug or received concurrent treatments for different pain sources during the follow-up period, that could affect interpretation of genicular RF treatment results.

Locations (1)

Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain assessed by NRS

A NRS involves asking the patient to rate his or her pain from 0 to 10 (11 point scale) with the understanding that 0 is equal to no pain and 10 is equal to worst possible pain.

Time frame: Change from baseline pain score at 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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