Is preoperative genicular radiofrequency ablation effective for reducing pain following total knee arthroplasty? A pilot randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Although total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment for severe knee osteoarthritis (OA), a subset of patients experience significant postoperative pain and dissatisfaction. Several clinical trials support the analgesic benefits of genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation (GN-RFA) for non-operative knee OA, but only one prior trial has examined the effects of this intervention given preoperatively on postoperative outcomes following TKA, showing no analgesic benefit of cooled GN-RFA. The current study evaluated whether conventional thermal GN-RFA performed preoperatively resulted in significant improvements in pain and function following TKA.

Methods

This was a single-center, prospective, randomized, sham-controlled, double-blinded pilot t

SUBMITTER: Mishra P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264328 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature