Genicular nerve block injections provided temporary pain relief in knee osteoarthritis It can be an effective treatment option for patients waiting for, or wishing to defer surgery Results from a ...

“This study demonstrates that genicular nerve block is an effective short-term therapy for pain management in people with knee osteoarthritis,” said corresponding author Ernst M ...

Source Reference: Shanahan EM, et al "Genicular nerve block for pain management in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial" Arthritis Rheumatol 2022; DOI ...

Before treatment, patients had a mean baseline VAS of 8.58 and a mean baseline WOMAC of 66.6. After treatment, all study participants experienced a statistically significant reduction in pain. The ...

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represents a rapidly advancing minimally invasive intervention for the management of chronic knee pain ... the consistency of genicular nerve distributions that ...

Doctors say the new treatment, called genicular artery embolization ... selected branches that correspond to the site of knee ...

By the time Herber, 73, retired in 2015, he was relying on periodic cortisone shots and the opioid pain ... nerve block, Hustedt makes two roughly one-inch incisions on either side of the knee ...

Genicular artery embolization (GAE ... particles into selected branches that correspond to the site of knee pain to block blood flow to that area. Embolization of the abnormal blood vessels ...

The ioveraº system is an innovative, FDA-cleared, drug-free treatment that relieves pain via cryoneurolysis—a process whereby focused cold therapy is applied to a targeted nerve, temporarily ...