Limited Evidence for Plantar Fascia Embolization (PFE)

[diabeticfootdr]

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Have you seen local advertisements for patients from interventional radiologists for PFE? This is being proposed as a treatment for plantar fasciitis and performed in an OBL for $8,000+ using a CPT for arterial embolization not intended for this.

We just reviewed the evidence for this procedure and published in JAPMA at: https://www.mdpi.com/1930-8264/116/5/74

Take home summary: There is insufficient evidence (not even a single RCT) to recommend PFE as a treatment for plantar fasciitis outside of investigational, controlled applications.

 

[Hybrocure]

Wat da hell

Just stretch. Worst case scenario topaz.


Grifters gonna grift though. Interventional radiologists should’ve learned this behavior doesn’t end up well after all the vascular surgeon fraud those guys got nailed on.

When billing CPTs if something sounds too good to be true, it always is.

 

[Adam Smasher]

From the video, "Finding a surgeon experienced with [plantar fasciotomy] can be difficult."

We need more schools.

 

[air bud]

From the video, "Finding a surgeon experienced with [plantar fasciotomy] can be difficult."

We need more schools.

This guy gets it

 

[BeaverBlade]

so every specialty has grifters...

 

[Toenail]

Wow thanks for the info! Now I know where to start referring all of the plantar fasciitis patients.

 

[heybrother]

Have you seen local advertisements for patients from interventional radiologists for PFE? This is being proposed as a treatment for plantar fasciitis and performed in an OBL for $8,000+ using a CPT for arterial embolization not intended for this.

We just reviewed the evidence for this procedure and published in JAPMA at: https://www.mdpi.com/1930-8264/116/5/74

Take home summary: There is insufficient evidence (not even a single RCT) to recommend PFE as a treatment for plantar fasciitis outside of investigational, controlled applications.

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If you scan some of the other SDN forums ie. interventional radiology/pain medicine you will intermittently see what are likely high price modalities being offered for podiatric bread and butter ie. "radiation" for plantar fasciitis or midfoot arthritis.

 

[Robin-jay]

From the video, "Finding a surgeon experienced with [plantar fasciotomy] can be difficult."

We need more schools.

Write your local governor.

 

[Homo sapien]

This is stupid as ****