Radiofrequency Neurotomy In Relieving Chronic Knee Pain
- Conditions
- Osteo Arthritis KneePain, Chronic
- Interventions
- Drug: Paracetamol (conventional)Procedure: radiofrequencyDrug: Ketorolac Tromethamine (conventional)
- Registration Number
- NCT03224637
- Lead Sponsor
- Assiut University
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- chronic arthritis according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria
- diagnosed radiologically patients in stage 3 and 4, according to the Kellgren-Lawrence classification
- 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.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description conventional group Paracetamol (conventional) the patients received conventional paracetamol and non steroidal antiinflammatory conventional group Ketorolac Tromethamine (conventional) the patients received conventional paracetamol and non steroidal antiinflammatory radiofrequency group radiofrequency radiofrequency was done in the three genicular nerves upper medial and upper lateral and lower medial
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain assessment by VAS scale 6 months assessing pain by VAS scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patient satisfaction by Likert scale 6 months Likert scale to assess patients satisfaction
patient disability by Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index 6 months Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index to assess disability
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Emad Zarief Kamel Said
🇪🇬Assiut, Egypt