The aim of this study is to compare between conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) and Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) combined with intra-operative Genicular Nerve Radio-Frequency Ablation (GNRFA), concerning post-operative functional outcome and pain scores in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis
The aim of this study is to compare between conventional Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) and Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) combined with intra-operative Genicular Nerve Radio-Frequency Ablation (GNRFA), concerning post-operative functional outcome and pain scores in patients with advanced knee osteoarthritis Including 70 knees randomized using a computer-generated sequence into two groups, the first group underwent TKA combined with GNRFA, and the other group underwent TKA only. All the TKA surgeries were performed by a single surgeon including patients aged from fifty to eighty years with advanced primary knee osteoarthritis from both sexes
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
70
Conventional Total knee arthroplasty operation performed
Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation done with no modifications except being performed with total knee arthroplasty in the same setting
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Abbassia, Egypt
Post operative pain
pain assessment using Visual analogue scale, minimum value is 0 meaning no pain and maximum value is 10 meaning the worst pain, higher score means worse outcome
Time frame: 6 months post operative
Post operative knee functional outcome
measuring the knee functional outcome post operative using oxford knee score, minimum score is 0 meaning the worse outcome and maximum is 48 meaning the best outcome. higher score means better outcome
Time frame: 6 months
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