Approximately 25% of older adults experience knee pain.12 That’s why Stryker creates minimally invasive options for pain treatment. Knee pain is relentless. But so are we.
The lifetime risk of developing symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is approximately 45% for U.S. adults.34 Based upon NHANES III data, about 80% of adults with osteoarthritis will have some degree of movement limitation.4
Radiofrequency ablation may help
Patients can receive up to 12 months of pain relief from genicular radiofrequency ablation,5 a non-opiate treatment that can be performed in 30 minutes or less.6
