In an expert Q&A, Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lisa Mandl, MD, MPH, discusses the role of genicular nerve ablation in ...

Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience short term pain relief from genicular nerve blocks - ...

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 ...

Results from a recent clinical trial published by Wiley in Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate that patients with knee osteoarthritis experience short term pain relief from genicular nerve blocks—or ...

A nerve block, or neural blockade, is a method of producing anesthesia — a loss of feeling used to prevent or control pain. Nerve blocks can be surgical or nonsurgical. Nonsurgical nerve blocks ...

At week 4 following the injections, patients in the nerve block group reported mean reductions in pain scores of 3.0 points from baseline on a standard 10-point scale, compared with an average ...