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Chronic Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty by Vikki Wylde; Andrew Beswick; Julie Bruce; Ashley Blom; Nicholas Howells; Rachael Gooberman-Hill is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chronic Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty about?
Despite a good outcome for many patients, approximately 20% of patients experience chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Chronic pain after TKA can affect all dimensions of health-related quality of life, and is associated with functional limitations, pain-related distress, depression, poorer general health and social isolation. In both clinical and research settings, the approach to assessing chronic pain after TKA needs to be in-depth and multidimensional to understand the characteristics and impact of this pain. Assessment of this pain has been inadequate in the past, but there are encouraging trends for increased use of validated patient-reported outcome measures. Risk factors for chronic pain after TKA can be considered as those present before surgery, intraoperatively or in the acute postoperative period. Knowledge of risk factors is important to guide the development of interventions and to help to target care. Evaluations of preoperative interventions which optimize pain management and general health around the time of surgery are needed. The causes of chronic pain after TKA are not yet fully understood, although research interest is growing and it is evident th
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- Author
- Vikki Wylde; Andrew Beswick; Julie Bruce; Ashley Blom; Nicholas Howells; Rachael Gooberman-Hill
- Publisher
- Bioscientifica
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)