Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 237-242, September 2008

How I Manage Pain After Total Knee Replacement

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

A comprehensive, perioperative multimodal pain protocol for total knee replacement including use of a periarticular injection is described here. An appropriately designed and implemented multimodal pain protocol will reduce postoperative pain levels, need for narcotic medication, side effects, and adverse events while improving functional recovery (including ambulation, discharge from hospital, and range of motion), and patient satisfaction.

Keywords: total knee, arthroplasty, pain, analgesia

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PII: S1045-4527(08)00041-2

doi:10.1053/j.sart.2008.08.004

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 237-242, September 2008

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