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35 Algorithm for the Management of Patients with Painful Total Knee Replacement

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Clinicians require a systematic approach to deal with the challenging group of patients with problems after total knee replacement (TKR). The underlying diagnosis can be identified by quadruple assessment which includes clinical evaluation and serological and radiological investigations. Following a systematic evaluation of the painful TKR, a management plan should be instituted combining nonoperative and/or operative measures. This chapter outlines how they can be managed and summarises the approach in a treatment algorithm.

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  1. Department of Knee Surgery, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 7 AG, UK

    Andrew J. Barnett MD

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland

    Hugh B. Waterson MD

  3. Exeter Knee Reconstruction Unit, Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre, Exeter, UK

    Andrew H. Toms MD, FRCS (Ed, Tr, Orth), MSc

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  1. Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Knee Surgery Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, Switzerland

    Michael T. Hirschmann

  2. Dept. Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hospital Brandenburg, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany

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Barnett, A.J., Waterson, H.B., Toms, A.H. (2015). 35 Algorithm for the Management of Patients with Painful Total Knee Replacement. In: Hirschmann, M., Becker, R. (eds) The Unhappy Total Knee Replacement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08099-4_42

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