Abstract
The incidence of pain postoperative total knee replacement runs somewhere between 2 and 4% and is related initially to infections, patellar subluxation or dislocation, fractures, collapse, extensor mechanism rupture, referred pain, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Causes for pain after six months is usually associated with infection, loosening, instability, fractures, and referred pain. Trying to understand what causes the problem helps us to be able to evaluate the patient with postoperative pain and offer a resolution.
The abstracts were prepared by Mrs Dorothy L. Granchi, Course Coordinator. Correspondence should be addressed to her at PMB 295, 8000 Plaza Boulevard, Mentor, Ohio 44060, USA.
