Pain after total knee arthroplasty caused by soft tissue impingement.
The usual causes of pain after total knee replacement are well known, but there are a small number of patients in whom its aetiology is obscure. We report three patients with a specific pain syndrome caused by hypertrophic fibrous tissue in the intercondylar notch. Excision of this tissue relieved the symptoms completely.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
D M
DM
Hirsh
J G
JG
Sallis
D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography