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

NCT ID: NCT06751472

Last Updated: 2024-12-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 76 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-01-05
• Study Completion Date: 2025-04-20

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

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

Keywords

chronic hip pain; radiofrequency thermocoagulation; Articular Branches of the Femoral and Obturator Nerve

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

RFT

Conventional radiofrequency thermocoagulation (RFT) procedure was applied to the femoral and obturator nerve joint branches electively due to chronic hip pain.

VPS (Verbal Pain Score)

Intervention Type: 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

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

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

Interventions

VPS (Verbal Pain Score)

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

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index) scale

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

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Being over 18 years of age

2. Having received written consent

3. Those with chronic hip pain lasting longer than 3 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

1. Major psychiatric disease

2. Patients with lumbar pressure pain or referred pain

3. Patients using anticoagulant agents

4. Patients with infection in the area to be treated

5. Those with local anesthetic allergy

6. Those with betamethasone allergy

7. Pregnant women

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

SINEM SARI

Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Adnan Menderes University, Research hospital

Aydin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

Sinem Sarı, Prof,MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 444 1 256

Email: sarisinem@yahoo.com

Facility Contacts

Sinem Sarı, Prof, MD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

2024-218

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id