Knee osteoarthritis is projected to affect an estimated 642 million people across the globe by the year 2050, and its huge impact on people’s quality of life makes it a major public health problem, ...

This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. In 2022, the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging found that 70% of older adults experienced joint pain. Nerve pain ...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) represents a rapidly advancing minimally invasive intervention for the management of chronic knee pain, particularly in patients with osteoarthritis and post-surgical ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (March 1, 2023) — Genicular nerve radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive treatment for knee pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee, and can significantly reduce pain, especially ...

Nerve ablation uses heat to destroy nerves and decrease chronic pain signals. This procedure often takes 15 minutes to an hour and is usually outpatient. You can have pain relief from nerve ablation ...

For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, a minimally invasive procedure called cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) provides better pain reduction and functional improvement compared to steroid ...

Many people with arthritic knee pain turn to total knee replacements in hopes of alleviating the debilitating condition. Yet, about 15-30% of people who opt for the surgery continue to suffer from ...

In a new study, Radnovich et al. 1 report that ablation of a sensory nerve innervating the knee joint (the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve) through cryoneurolysis can reduce pain in ...