Radiofrequency ablation of genicular nerve versus intra-articular botox injection for knee osteoarthritis pai
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- analgesia for chronic osteoarthritis.
- Registration Number
- PACTR202301832676408
- Lead Sponsor
- Mansoura University hospitals
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
•Patients with chronic primary knee osteoarthritis.
•Age > 40 years.
•Failure to respond to other non-interventional therapies (physical therapy and rehabilitation, oral NSAIDs).
•Grade III – IV according to the Kellgren-Lawrence Grading Scale on a documented radiological study.
Exclusion Criteria
•Secondary osteoarthritis.
•Body mass index (BMI) > 35 kg/m2.
•Ongoing psychiatric illness.
•Presence of infections at the injection site.
•Malignancy.
•Coagulopathy or use of anticoagulants.
•History of rheumatological disorders, prolotherapy, or intraarticular injection in the three months.
•History of trauma within 3 months before the study.
•Presence of an indication for arthroplasty.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br>•Improvement in pain (VAS) for 6 months after therapy <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The patient will be followed up for 6 months after procedure<br>•Procedural complications.<br>•Patient satisfaction<br>