Efficacy of Surgical Joint Denervation in Painful Digital Osteoarthritis
Digital osteoarthritis is the second localization of symptomatic osteoarthritis, after the knee. Its cardinal symptoms are particularly intense pain and functional impairment in the case of the erosive form. There is currently no etiological treatment for osteoarthritis. Symptomatic treatments have a modest efficacy, which justifies the search for new treatments. The surgical options are arthrodesis or prosthesis, invasive techniques potentially sources of complications, and finally proposed infrequently given the prevalence of digital osteoarthritis. DECAD is a prospective phase II trial aimed at evaluating the efficacy of surgical joint denervation in painful digital osteoarthritis.
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Patients with symptomatic digital osteoarthritis according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
• 1 painful PIP joint (Analog digital scale ≥ 4/10) for more than 3 months
• having failed the usual medical treatment for a minimum of 3 months (level 1 analgesics, NSAIDs, infiltrations)
• Signature of informed consent
• patient affiliated to a social security scheme
• knowing how to read French (for the questionnaires)