Radiofrequency treatment relieves chronic knee osteoarthritis pain: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-487

  Choi, Woo Jong ^a   Hwang, Seung Jun ^a   Song, Jun Gol ^a   Leem, Jeong Gil ^a   Kang, Yong Up ^b   Park, Pyong Hwan ^a   Shin, Jin Woo ^a,c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Sol Pain Clinics   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic knee osteoarthritis pain; Genicular nerve; Radiofrequency neurotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATHETER ABLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79851513602     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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