Bipolar and Monopolar Radiofrequency Treatment of Osteoarthritic Knee Articular Cartilage

James L. Cook; Keiichi Kuroki; Keith Kenter; Kevin Marberry; Travis Brawner; Timothy Geiger; Prakash Jayabalan; B. Sonny Bal

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1248205

Bipolar and Monopolar Radiofrequency Treatment of Osteoarthritic Knee Articular Cartilage

James L. Cook, Keiichi Kuroki, Keith Kenter, Kevin Marberry, Travis Brawner, Timothy Geiger, Prakash Jayabalan, B. Sonny Bal

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

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The cellular, biochemical, biomechani-cal, and histologic effects of radiofrequency-generated heat on osteoarthritic cartilage were assessed. Articular cartilage explants (n=240) from 26 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty were divided based on Outerbridge grade (I or II/III) and randomly assigned to receive no treatment (controls) or monopolar or bipolar radiofrequency at 15 or 30 W.Both potentially beneficial and harmful effects of radiofrequency treatment of articular cartilage were noted. It will be vital to correlate data fromin vitro and in vivo study of radiofrequency thermal chon-droplasty to determine the clinical usefulness of this technique.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-108
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Knee Surgery
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1248205
State	Published - Jun 1 2004

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