Persistent knee pain following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty despite no identified cause and proactive patient use of standard and alternative therapies by Gregor Reid in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences
Persistent knee pain following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty despite no identified cause and proactive patient use of standard and alternative therapies by Gregor Reid in Journal of Clinical Case Reports Medical Images and Health Sciences Abstract A 63-year-old fit male reported medial knee pain of 6/10 following a season of indoor soccer in 2018. Despite cessation of soccer, the pain continued and in October 2019 an X-ray showed moderate osteoarthritis in the medial compartment. In 2020, MRI showed a tear in the medical meniscal body. Arthroscopy was performed with partial medial meniscectomy and debridement of the medial compartment with the aim of reducing the pain. However, neuropathy arose at the intrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve, and this was not offset by recommended treatment using Durolane injection, physiotherapy and local use of CBD and pregabalin, gabapentin triple cream. Due to the medial bone on bone contact, it was decided that a un...