Managing chronic pain after total knee arthroplasty: The role of genicular artery embolization for unexplained painful TKA within a comprehensive rule-out algorithm
Objectives and questions: More than 3.5 million Total Knee Replacements (TKA) are performed annually worldwide, yet approximately 20% of patients continue to experience persistent pain after surgery, with 10% of this pain remaining unexplained. Diagnosing the source of pain in TKA is complex [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Institutions
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (IT)
- Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/25dkou609
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00