About 30 million Americans live with knee pain every day. People often blame aging and wear and tear for their knee issues and resign themselves to “just live with it”. But, thanks to advances in vascular medicine and treatments, they don’t have to.
It’s Not About the Knee. It’s the Inflammation.
When you have chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis (the breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bone), the lining of your joints become inflamed. This inflammation causes your body to grow abnormal blood vessels around the knee. These vessels feed the inflammation and the pain grows.
But here’s the good news: Medical Vein Clinic’s trained surgeons offer a new minimally-invasive procedure, Genicular Artery Embolization or GAE, that cuts off the blood supply to inflamed tissue and reduces the inflammation and the pain.
GAE—90 minutes to Relief
Our board-certified doctors thread a tiny catheter through your arteries to get to the vessels causing the trouble. The procedure takes about 90 minutes, and you receive moderate sedation to keep you relaxed and comfortable.
Clinical studies show about 90% of GAE patients experience vast improvement in their knee pain and our patients tell us how happy they are they had this procedure. Visit our website to hear directly from them. They walk pain free. They climb stairs again. They get back to living.
Can Your Knees (And Life) Benefit From GAE?
Options are always a good thing and now you have one. More invasive knee surgeries or knee replacements are not the only way to alleviate your knee pain. With GAE, we address the problem at its source, and get you back to doing the activities you enjoy and need to get the most out of life.
The GAE procedure at Medical Vein Clinic is performed by a Board Certified Vascular Surgeon Thomas L Gianis II, MD, RPVI. Over the years, Dr. Gianis has treated hundreds of patients with peripheral artery disease and knee pain, giving them relief from symptoms and the ability to be more active and have a greater quality of life.
To find out if you are a good candidate for GAE, call us at 210-622-8000 or email info@medicalveinclinic.com to schedule an evaluation and consultation. And, visit us online to read more about GAE treatments.
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