Knee Pain Key Facts
- 37% of Americans 60 years of age and older experience chronic pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.
- Common treatments
- Pain medicines
- Physical therapy
- Joint injections
- Total knee arthroplasty.
- New treatment in the last 10 years. Geniculate artery embolization (GAE) is a minimally invasive intra-arterial intervention that has recently been adapted for symptomatic knee OA. Through selective embolization of geniculate branches corresponding to the site of knee pain, GAE inhibits the neo-angiogenesis (new blood vessels) that contributes to the inflammatory pain of knee joint.
- Benefits of GAE.
- Decreased pain in the knee joint.
- Improved function of the knee joint
- Better quality of life after treatment.
- Minimally invasive
- Short recovery time
OA of knee joint
Inflammation of knee due to neo-angiogenesis
Knee pain