Circumpatellar electrocautery does not reduce anterior knee pain following TKR .
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Does circumpatellar electrocautery improve the outcome after total knee replacement?: A prospective, randomised, blinded controlled trial
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012 Sep;94(9):1228-33200 patients undergoing total knee replacement (without patellar resurfacing) for degenerative joint disease were randomized to a procedure with or without circumpatellar electrocautery to determine its effect on anterior knee pain and function. Oxford knee and VAS pain scores were recorded over a 12 month period. The results indicated that there were no differences between the two groups at any time point. This study demonstrated that there was no beneficial effect of circumpatellar electrocautery on anterior knee pain or function for patients undergoing TKR without patellar resurfacing.
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