Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (20): 3213-3219.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1144

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Causes and treatment strategies of anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty

Liu Xin, Xiang Chuan   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Online:2019-07-18 Published:2019-07-18
  • Contact: Xiang Chuan, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • About author:Liu Xin, Master candidate, Physician, Department of Orthopedics, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Total knee arthroplasty is the first choice for end-stage knee joint diseases, but postoperative knee pain affects the daily life of the patients, which reduces the patient satisfaction.

OBJECTIVE: To review the causes, mechanisms and treatment strategies of anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty. 
METHODS: PubMed, CNKI and WanFang databases before August 2018 were retrieved with the keywords of “total knee arthroplasty, anterior knee pain” in English and Chinese, respectively. Sixty eligible articles were included to systematically summarize the causes, mechanisms and treatment strategies of anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty can be caused by a variety of factors, including individual characteristics, prosthesis design, surgical techniques, mechanical factors, and infection. (2) Appropriate treatments are selected according to different etiologies. (3) Reasonable preoperative education, meticulous preoperative planning, improved prosthetic design and surgical techniques, and correct postoperative rehabilitation exercises, can effectively reduce the occurrence of anterior knee pain.

Key words: total knee arthroplasty, anterior knee pain, residual knee pain, end-stage arthropathy, joint prosthesis

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