Minimally Invasive Procedures Effective in Reducing Pain and Improving Function in Osteoarthritis Patients: Study
Researchers have found that minimally invasive interventional procedures, namely radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), did reduce the levels of pain and improve the functionality of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and chronic sacroiliac pain of degenerative origin. A comprehensive meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of such treatments on various anatomical locations by comparing RCTs and NRSI. The study was recently published in the journal Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism by Jacopo C. and colleagues.
PubMed and Web of Science databases were searched systematically for both RCTs and NRSI. The searched studies included patients with osteoarthritis or chronic sacroiliac pain treated with RFA or TAE. Findings were summarized according to anatomical treatment site: knee, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder, hand and wrist, and sacroiliac joints. The primary outcome assessed was the change in pain intensity score as measured by the 0–10 VAS, comparing baseline with one month, and follow-up assessments at three, six, and twelve months. Assessments of improvements in functional status were also conducted. Pooled estimates were estimated as the mean difference (MD) versus baseline, along with 95% confidence intervals (CI). For added strength, the analyses were performed separately for RCTs and NRSI.
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