A Study of Postoperative Numbness of the Knee Following Total Knee Arthroplasty

Abstract

Background: Around 85000 cases were performed in England. When compared to the previous year’s data, it had increased around four percent. The commonest approach to the knee is the midline or medial para-patellar. The problem is it usually injures the saphenous nerve especially the infra patellar branch of it. This results in an objective numbness of skin in the lateral wall of knee in majority of the patients who undergo total knee arthroplasty. This study puts in an effort to find the postoperative numbness of the knee following total knee arthroplasty. Aims and Objectives: To study the postoperative numbness of the knee in total knee arthroplasty.Materials and Methods: This study was done in the Department of Orthopaedics, Malabar Medical College, Modakkallur, Calicut, India. Results: Incidence of numbness is seen in 83.3 percent. During consent only 63.3 percent remembered the mentioning of postoperative numbness. Conclusion: Benefits and risks of total knee arthroplasty are essential and the while taking the consent proper information needs to be passed on to the patients.