POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

Authors
RITTER MA
Citation
Ma. Ritter, POSTOPERATIVE PAIN AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, The Journal of arthroplasty, 12(3), 1997, pp. 337-339
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
The Journal of arthroplasty → ACNP
ISSN journal
08835403
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
337 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-5403(1997)12:3<337:PPATKA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Pain, an uncommon complication following a total knee arthroplasty, ha s been associated with infections, loosening, reflex sympathetic dystr ophy, and occasionally litigation. Radiographic abnormalities such as the anatomic alignment, size of the prosthesis, and tilt of the prosth esis after surgery have been implicated as other sources of pain. It i s shown that there is no correlation between the above abnormalities a nd pain.