Study: Patients with pain after Total Knee Replacement are more likely to have a poor outcomes

 
 
 
Pain After TKR Ominous Sign (written by Biloine Young @ OTW)
Experiencing pain before knee replacement surgery can be a trial, but being in pain following the surgery can be a disaster. Dr. Jeffrey N. Katz, professor of medicine and orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School, has found that patients who experience severe pain in the first three months after total knee replacement have worse pain and less successful outcomes after one to two years. And they are less satisfied with their procedure than are other patients.
Because of that, severe pain after the operation "...