Genicular Nerve Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation for Knee Osteoarthritis: More Nerves, More Questions

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Service Line, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Departments of Anesthesiology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

Editorial

Peggy Y Kim et al. Pain Med. 2021.

. 2021 May 21;22(5):1019-1021.

doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab022.

¹ Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Service Line, Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System, and Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Departments of Anesthesiology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

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A Comparison of Genicular Nerve Blockade With Corticosteroids Using Either Classical Anatomical Targets vs Revised Targets for Pain and Function in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.
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