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Table 2 Pain locations and severity at each follow-up time point

From: Mapping the course to recovery: a prospective study on the anatomic distribution of early postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty

Location

n (%)

POD 0

Average pain score

2 weeks

Average pain score

2 months

Average pain score

6 months

Average pain score

No Pain

7 (6)

0

20 (22)

0

41 (47)

0

70 (86)

0

Superiora

29 (28)

5.6

13 (18)

4.8

4 (9)

6.0

1 (9)

3.0

Superolaterala

8 (8)

5.6

2 (3)

4.0

2 (4)

4.5

0 (0)

N/A

Superomediala

7 (7)

5.6

4 (6)

5.3

2 (4)

3.0

0 (0)

N/A

Inferiora

17 (16)

7.3

9 (13)

5.6

2 (4)

4.0

1 (9)

3.0

Inferolaterala

0 (0)

N/A

3 (4)

6.0

5 (11)

3.2

1 (9)

3.0

Inferomediala

7 (7)

5.9

1 (1)

3.0

1 (2)

3.0

1 (9)

3.0

Medial Jointa

25 (24)

5.5

26 (36)

5.8

9 (19)

4.1

2 (18)

6.5

Lateral Jointa

12 (11)

5.4

13 (18)

5.7

4 (9)

2.8

3 (27)

3.3

Patellara

51 (49)

5.9

20 (28)

6.1

15 (32)

3.9

2 (18)

1.5

Posteriora

17 (16)

5.4

11 (15)

4.0

8 (17)

4.1

2 (18)

7.0

Diffusea

12 (11)

6.0

2 (3)

5.0

2 (4)

2.5

2 (18)

2.0

  1. POD postoperative day, N/A not applicable
  2. aValues are given as frequency (percentage of patients who reported pain)