Pain in osteoarthritis (OA) can be resistant to the medical and surgical treatments currently in use. Local denervation of the arthritic joint could offer a new approach to relieve OA pain, if the results of a new cryoneurolysis clinical trial are confirmed.
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Walsh, D. Nerve ablation — a new treatment for OA pain?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 13, 393–394 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2017.78
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