Arthroscopic management of unexplained pain following total knee arthroplasty.
Arthroscopy
Fibrosis
Patient reported outcomes
Total knee arthroplasty
Total knee replacement
Unexplained pain
Journal
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
ISSN: 1434-3916
Titre abrégé: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 9011043
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
24
11
2020
accepted:
27
04
2021
pubmed:
12
5
2021
medline:
19
5
2022
entrez:
11
5
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Arthrofibrosis develops in 3-10% of knees after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), which may result in pain and restricted range-of-motion. Treatment options include manipulation under anaesthesia, arthroscopic debridement, and quadricepsplasty, but there is little consensus on their efficacy for treatment of unexplained pain after TKA. The purpose of this study was to report the prevalence and characteristics of unexplained pain after TKA as revealed by arthroscopic exploration, and assess the efficacy of arthroscopic procedures to relieve pain. From a consecutive series of 684 TKAs, 11 patients (1.6%) had unexplained pain at 7-48 months after TKA. Causes of pain remained unidentified after systematic and differential assessment, but arthroscopic exploration revealed fibrotic tissues, which were debrided during the same procedure. Patients were assessed first at 6-61 months and last at 90-148 months, with pain on a visual analog scale (pVAS) and range-of-motion recorded during both assessments, but Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and Forgotten Joint Score (FJS) only during the last assessment. Residual pain was classified as little or no pain (pVAS, 0-1), moderate pain (pVAS, 2-4), and severe pain (pVAS, 5-10). At first follow-up (n = 11) pVAS improved by 4.1 ± 1.1 (p < 0.001), and range-of-motion improved by 5.0° ± 7.1° (p = 0.041). Seven patients (64%) had little or no residual pain, while four (36%) had moderate residual pain. At final follow-up (n = 9) pVAS improved by 3.2 ± 2.9 (p < 0.001), and range-of-motion improved by 4.4° ± 8.5° (p = 0.154). Six patients (67%) had little or no residual pain, while one (11%) had moderate and two (22%) had severe residual pain. Arthroscopic exploration revealed that all 11 knees with unexplained pain had fibrotic tissues, the removal of which alleviated pain in only 67%, while moderate to severe pain persisted in 33% which merits further scrutiny.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33973087
doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-03924-x
pii: 10.1007/s00402-021-03924-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1109-1115Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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