RADIO FREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA) - KNEE

I hope you get great results. I had radio-frequency nasal cartilage remodeling a few years ago and it was a successful the same day. It's nice to be able to do deep yoga breathing and no longer take meds, which didn't work anyway as I had a structural, not medical, problem.

Hi @patriotmarine and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. @dandl48, @lizziemnz and @sandytoes14 have talked about RFA so I'd like to invite them to join the conversation.
What results are you experiencing so far?

@patriotmarine, I have had a few RFA treatments on my Barrett's esophagus and dysplasia at Mayo Rochester and now in Phoenix. The RFA is painless and it does its job on Barrett's but no guarantees that it won't come back. Good luck.

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Re: results…significant reduction in R knee pain.

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Very interesting re RFA for BE. I also have BE. Will discuss with my gastro Doc.

Re: your comment…RFA is painless…that was not the case with RFA on my R knee.

Sorry about the pain. Where they do a resection, that's when it's painful, at least for me.

Also sorry to read about the pain. The RF protocol I had didn't involve any tissue that was inflamed or painful so that might account for me easy time of it. Here's hoping for great successful result...

stiffness, charley horses @ night, both knees cracking noises, right one swollen and painful. Got a cane for balance. TAKING INSULIN and Glucophage for diabetes DOCTOR prescribed GABAPENTIN for pain at night. Not much help, swollen and scratchy tongue when arising, and a little dizzyness. AM 78...

how did you do the pain reduction? I have vicious knee pain after walking for more than twenty minutes. WHAT HELPED?????

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Each person’s knee issue(s), and regimen to experience pain relief, will differ. Have you used hyaluronic acid injections? If no, try it. If you have tried HAI, w/o success, talk to your Ortho doc and a pain management Doc, re: RFA.