title: PAIN FOLLOWING TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY - A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH.
abstract: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is known to be a successful procedure. The aging of the population and the growing demand for quality of life have greatly increased the indications for the procedure. Nonetheless, TKA presents some complications that still lack definitive resolution. Pain after TKA is caused by a myriad of reasons that need to be systematically studied in order to reach the correct diagnosis and treatment. History, physical examination, laboratory tests and imaging examinations must all be included in the workup and repeated until a plausible reason has been identified, since if pain is the only indication for TKA revision, the results may be catastrophic.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist and Traumatologist at the Wilson Mello Institute; President of the Knee Studies Group of Campinas; Voluntary Attending Physician in the Knee Group of the Orthopedics Service of PUC Campinas and the Orthopedics Service of the Campinas Medical Center, SP.
authors.forename: Wilson Mello
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist and Traumatologist, Fourth-year Resident in Knee Surgery at PUC Campinas and the Wilson Mello Institute, Campinas, SP.
authors.forename: Eduardo Zaniol
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Migon
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist and Traumatologist at the Wilson Mello Institute; Head of the Orthopedics Service at PUC Campinas, SP.
authors.forename: Jose Luis Amim
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zabeu
keywords: Arthroplasty; Diagnosis; total knee