Alcohol neurolysis of genicular nerve for chronic knee pain.

Alcohol neurolysis of genicular nerve for chronic knee pain. Korean J Pain. 2019 Jul 01;32(3):223-227 Authors: Dass RM, Kim E, Kim HK, Lee JY, Lee HJ, Rhee SJ 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. PMID: 31257831 [PubMed]

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Source: Korean Journal of Pain - July 2, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Korean J Pain Source Type: research