San Diego—Genicular nerve neurotomy by cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) reduces pain more effectively in knee osteoarthritis compared with intraarticular steroid (IAS) injection, according to a new study.
Patients treated with CRFA also demonstrated significantly greater improvements in functional and global outcome measures when compared with patients treated with IAS.
“The superior effects of CRFA treatment with respect to these study outcomes infer that CRFA is a more