| Autor: |
Douglas Mello Pavão, José Leonardo Rocha Faria, Marcelo Mandarino, Phelippe Augusto Valente Maia, Alan de Paula Mozella, Gustavo Vinagre, Ignacio Dallo, Fernando Carneiro Werneck, Vinicius Bonfante, Rodrigo Salim, Fabricio Fogagnolo |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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| Zdroj: |
Arthroscopy Techniques. 11:e391-e396 |
| ISSN: |
2212-6287 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.eats.2021.11.006 |
| Popis: |
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is highly prevalent and causes pain, stiffness, and harms the quality of life of millions of patients. Scientific evidence about radiofrequency ablation or rhizotomy of genicular nerves has been presented with increasing frequency in the literature for the treatment of chronic pain related to knee OA as an alternative to total knee arthroplasty. The main indication for this procedure is symptomatic OA unresponsive to conservative treatment, regardless of the disease evolution, although more common indications are in Kellgren-Lawrence grade III or IV, in post-total knee arthroplasty residual pain without an identified cause, in patients with comorbidities and high surgical risk, and those who do not want to undergo surgery. The aim of this study is to describe the step-by-step rhizotomy technique with pulsed radiofrequency of the 3 genicular nerves, guided by radioscopy and ultrasonography. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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