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Patellar Denervation Following Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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November 2021

Patellar Denervation Following Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Vol: 136| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Patellar denervation does not reduce post-operative anterior knee pain after primary total knee arthroplasty with patellar resurfacing

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc . 2021 Oct;29(10):3346-3351.

Contributing Authors:
N Goicoechea P Hinarejos R Torres-Claramunt J Leal-Blanquet J S√°nchez-Soler JC Monllau

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Synopsis

Two hundred and two patients who underwent a total knee arthroplasty with patellar resurfacing were randomized to undergo patellar denervation (n=101) or no denervation (n=101). Outcomes of interest were anterior knee pain and function as measured by the pressure pain threshold, visual analogue scale (VAS), patellofemoral Feller score and the Knee Society Score (KSS). The non-denervation group had...

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