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Radio Frequency Ablation Procedure
My wife has been recently diagnosed with Osteoarthritis. There are few non-surgical procedures I heard of and Radio Frequency Ablation is one of them. Can anyone please guide me about the effectiveness of these type of non-surgical procedures for pain management related to knee osteoarthritis?
This treatment is being suggested on bases of the information provided. However I would like to examine & investigate your wife in detail.
-Control Hypertension, Diabetes or metabolic disorder, if there is any.
- Sleep on a hard bed with soft bedding.
- Keep a pillow under the knee.
- Avoid painful acts & activities.
- Fomentation with warm water. -Let the part not be exposed cold.
-Do mild exercises for the affected part.- lower limbs
-Any way it may be tried,
--. Ugesic (Piroxicam) 20mg 1tab once a day x 5days
--. Caldikind plus (Mankind) 1tab Once a day x 10 days.
Kindly make sure, there is no allergy to any of these medicines.
--For emergency treatment visit nearest hospital.
-For exercises you may visit my YouTube channel- Dr N C gupta
-Wish your wife a quick recovery & good health.
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Dr N C Gupta MS (ortho)
DMC 3624
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Seeing the xray of the patient will help decide the grade of OA.
Quadriceps strengthening exercises , hamstring stretching and knee range of motion exercises are essential.
Avoid sitting cross legged , squatting , floor activities
Use western washroom
Avoid climbing stairs.
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get xray of both knees ap ( standing ) and lateral.
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