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JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 2577-2586Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S373877
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radiofrequency ablation; chronic knee pain; knee osteoarthritis; pain management
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This study found that cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) was more effective than traditional radiofrequency ablation (tRFA) in treating chronic knee pain, with longer duration and greater intensity of pain relief.
Background: Genicular radiofrequency ablation is an established therapy for chronic knee pain. An analysis comparing different probe sizes and technologies has not yet been undertaken for this indication. This large retrospective, comparison study from a single -center comprehensive pain management practice aims to do that. Methods: Outcomes of 170 patients who underwent traditional radiofrequency ablation (tRFA) for chronic knee pain were compared to 170 consecutive patients who received cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) with similar (p=0.5) pre-procedural pain scores. Results: The VAS pain score at the first post-procedure visit at 4-6 weeks decreased to 5.07 +/- 2.8 cm for tRFA and to 4.26 +/- 3.2 cm for CRFA (p<0.001 for both from baseline). The difference was profound and significantly better in the favor of CRFA (p<0.001) as the duration of reduction of pain scores by greater than 50% was 2.6 months for tRFA and 11.1 months for CRFA. There were only 15 patients (8.8%) who continued to receive >50% of pain relief in tRFA at 12 months, as opposed to 78 (46%) at 12 months for CRFA. We compared the initial outcomes and long-term pain relief. Long-term outcomes were better for the bigger lesion size treatment group patients.Conclusion: We conclude that the duration and intensity of pain relief were of a greater magnitude after the larger diameter probe cooled RFA.
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