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A retrospective assessment of the effectiveness of pulsed radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of chronic pain caused by advanced knee osteoarthritis

Anna Rekas-Dudziak
1
,
Krzysztof Brzeziński
2
,
Edyta Kotlińska-Hasiec
3
,
Wojciech Dąbrowski
3
,
Przemysław Matuła
4
,
Włodzimierz Płotek
5

  1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Ludwik Bierkowski Independent Healthcare Centre of the Ministry of the Interior, Poznań, Poland
  2. Institute of Rural Health, Lublin Pain Practice, Lublin, Poland
  3. First Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland
  4. Institute of Mathematics, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin, Poland
  5. Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy; Clinical Hospital nr 4, Lublin, Poland
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2024; 56, 2
Online publish date: 2024/05/22
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