Causes of Aseptic Persistent Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

CONCLUSIONS: Persistent pain after TKA originated from pathology of extra-articular origin in a considerable number of cases in this study. Therefore, it is important to perform thorough preoperative evaluations to reduce pain resulting from extra-articular causes. Furthermore, meticulous surgical procedures and optimal alignment are required to reduce pain of intra-articular origin related to implant wear, instability, and patellar maltracking. PMID: 28261427 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28261427?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - March 8, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research