“As a large number of people are affected by chronic pain after total knee replacement, development of an evidence base about care for these patients should be a research priority.” Often a patient will come in with a history of one or more knee surgeries and the hope of avoiding another by using Prolotherapy, Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy, or Stem Cell Therapy, depending on the level of knee deterioration they are suffering from. But what is causing the continued knee pain, and why do they think these therapies may be the best option?
Doctors and researchers have noted that a main cause for the “need” for secondary knee surgery was knee ligaments injured or weakened by the primary surgery itself. Here is what one group of researchers found: In following One hundred and thirty-five patients who had a “revision” or secondary surgery, doctors found that in nearly one-third of the cases…
