Knee Pain | Arthritis | Geniculate Artery Embolization
What Does Vascular have to do with knee pain?
Arthritis is a degenerative process occurring in the knee joint causing a immense amount of inflammation. This in turn creates hyper vascular pockets around the bring inflammation and pain to the knee joint.
Diagnosis and Screening
Patients should be evaluated by their sports medicine and orthopedic specialist for evaluation and diagnosis of knee arthritis. They can evaluate the entire arthritic process and determine if you are a good candidate for vascular intervention
Treatment Options
- Geniculate artery embolization (GAE) is a minimally invasive procedure is performed in which through a small needle stick we are able to eliminate vascular pockets causing inflammation around the knee.
