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NCT Number: NCT06751472

Long-Term Follow-up of Radiofrequency to Articular Branches of the Femoral and Obturator Nerve in Chronic Hip Pain

It has been observed that the deterioration in the physical performance of the hip, the medical need before the specialist consultation and the deterioration in the health status can progress treatment[3]. When conservative treatment methods such as physical therapy and weight change, the use of walking aids (such as a cane) and analgesic agents are used, these interruptions usually provide short-term and partial benefits. After the application of medical treatment procedures, hip prostheses are usually separated. However, the additional diseases of the patients, the fact that the surgery is a major surgery and the mortality rate is high, and the life of the prostheses used are limited have led to the search for alternative pain palliation.

Hip joint radiofrequency thermocoagulation is a procedure performed in our clinic. In this study, we aimed to examine the long-term effects of hip RFT on pain and functional capacity changes in patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Conventional Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Application to the Articular Branches of the Femoral and Obturator Nerve Chronic Hip Pain

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Adnan Menderes University, Research hospital

Aydin, 09100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location contact

Sinem Sarı, Prof, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

About this study

After obtaining hospital ethics committee approval, it was planned to retrospectively examine adult patients over the age of 18 who applied to the outpatient clinic of the Department of Algology, ADÜTF, between May 2021 and September 2023 and who underwent elective conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) procedure to the articular branches of the femoral and obturator nerves due to chronic hip pain. The prospective studies conducted in our clinic titled "Treatment of chronic hip pain with conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation to the articular branches of the femoral and obturator nerve" and "Comparison of Conventional Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation to the Articular Branches of the Femoral and Obturator Nerve in Chronic Hip Pain with Intra-Articular Steroid Injection and Pericapsular Nerve Group (PENG) Block" (theses of assistants Sevilay Şimşek Karaoğlu and Bilge Ergün, respectively) will include patients who underwent conventional RF. In the studies, patients who underwent elective conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) to the articular branches of the femoral and obturator nerve were followed up for up to 6 months. The follow-up of the patients in our clinic is ongoing. In our study, the long-term follow-up of these patients will be evaluated retrospectively at 12 months and 24 months.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being over 18 years of age
  • Having received written consent
  • Those with chronic hip pain lasting longer than 3 weeks

Exclusion criteria

  • Major psychiatric disease
  • Patients with lumbar pressure pain or referred pain
  • Patients using anticoagulant agents
  • Patients with infection in the area to be treated
  • Those with local anesthetic allergy
  • Those with betamethasone allergy
  • Pregnant women

Treatment and study plan

VPS (Verbal Pain Score)

Diagnostic Test

İt is a pain intensity determination system based on the system where there person tells a point between 0=(no pain) 10=( unbearable pain) and to describe their pain

WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index) scale

Diagnostic Test

It includes 24 questions under three sub-headings as pain, stiffness and physical function

Primary outcomes

  1. chronic pain assessment

    Time frame: 12 month, 24 month

    Pain will be assessed with the SAS (Verbal Pain Score) score before surgery, at 12 and 24 months.

Secondary outcomes

  1. functional capacity assesment

    Time frame: 12 month, 24 month

    Functional capacity will be assessed with the womac score before surgery, at 12 and 24 months.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Sinem Sarı, Prof,MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

444 1 256 ext. 2108

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Long-Term Follow-up of the Effect of Conventional Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation Application to the Articular Branches of the Femoral and Obturator Nerve on Pain and Functional Capacity in Patients With Chronic Hip Pain

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 30, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 30, 2024

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