Early-onset severe neuromatous pain of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve after total knee arthroplasty

Early-onset severe neuromatous pain of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve after total knee arthroplasty

While performing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a standard midline skin incision, the transection of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve (ISN) or its terminal branches is relatively common. This usually causes an area of numbness in the distribution of the ISN, but rarely results in...

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Main Authors: Kanto Nagai, Hirotsugu Muratsu, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Isao Fujibayashi, Ryosuke Kuroda, Masahiro Kurosaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-07-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology
Subjects:
infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve
neuromatous pain
partial denervation
total knee arthroplasty
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214687314000314

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