About this trial
In our clinic, patients undergoing pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the femoral and obturator nerve articular branches under ultrasound guidance for pain management due to hip and groin pain associated with hip osteoarthritis will have the efficacy of these methods on pain compared with the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Oxford Hip Score (OHS) at 2, 6, 12 weeks.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
1. Patients with hip and groin pain who have been diagnosed with hip osteoarthritis by direct radiography
2. Patients who have had hip pain above VAS 5 for more than 6 weeks
3. Failure of pain treatment with conservative methods such as analgesics and physical therapy
Disqualifiers
1. Patients with lumbar radiculopathy and axial back pain, sacroiliac joint, connective tissue disease
2. Patients who do not attend follow-up appointments regularly or cannot be reached by phone
3. Patients who started additional analgesic medication or underwent additional interventional procedures after the initial interventional procedure
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- ultrasound-guided femoral and obturator nerve articular branches pulsed radiofrequency