A Review of Musculoskeletal Embolization to Treat Pain Outside of the Knee

Abstract

Chronic inflammation leading to musculoskeletal pain has garnered interest in the past decade with the success of genicular artery embolization for knee pain secondary to osteoarthritis. Outside the knee joint, musculoskeletal embolization has been applied to other anatomical locations, mainly shoulder pain secondary to adhesive capsulitis and elbow pain secondary to lateral epicondylitis. The success of these early trials and other case reports highlights the efficacy of musculoskeletal embolization and its future potential.

Keywords

interventional radiology - musculoskeletal - pain - embolization

Disclosures

• S.B. is a consultant for Boston Scientific, Varian Medical Systems, Medtronic, Embolx, IMBiotechnologies, and Phillips Medical System.

• A.I. is a consultant for Terumo, ABK Biomedical, and CrannMed.

• No other disclosures or conflicts of interest.

Publication History

Article published online:
24 November 2021

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