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Radiofrequency Neurotomy In Relieving Chronic Knee Pain

NCT03224637 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-07-25

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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.

Conditions

  • Osteo Arthritis Knee
  • Pain, Chronic

Interventions

PROCEDURE

radiofrequency

radiofrequency done in the three genicular nerves upper medial and upper lateral and lower medial

DRUG

Paracetamol (conventional)

DRUG

Ketorolac Tromethamine (conventional)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assiut University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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