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- Title
Alcohol neurolysis of genicular nerve for chronic knee pain.
- Authors
Dass, Rushin Maria; Eunsoo Kim; Hae-kyu Kim; Ji Youn Lee; Hyun Ju Lee; Rhee, Seung Joon
- Abstract
Radiofrequency neurolysis (RFN) of the genicular nerves has recently become accepted as an effective technique to alleviate knee pain particularly in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) or postoperative pain. However, genicular nerve RFN can produce high procedure and equipment costs, longer procedural times, procedure-related pain, and failure rate of over 25%. We are presenting two cases of alcohol neurolysis of the genicular nerve using fluoroscopy and ultrasonography in patients with knee OA or persistent postsurgical pain of the knee. Alcohol neurolysis of the genicular nerve with dual imaging modality can be a cheap, safe and effective method in patients with chronic knee pain.
- Subjects
KNEE pain; CHRONIC pain; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE pain; NERVES; ALCOHOL
- Publication
Korean Journal of Pain, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 3, p223
- ISSN
2005-9159
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3344/kjp.2019.32.3.223