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Approximately 20% of TKA patients experience persistent postsurgical pain (PPP) one year after surgery, with 15-19% reporting severe pain. Some patients with PPP one year after surgery have been shown to have a prolonged pain recovery after surgery achieving satisfactory pain levels five to seven years after surgery. A considerable body of quantitative research suggests that longlasting preoperative pain, pain catastrophizing and pain in anatomical sites other than the knee are the strongest predictors of PPP. In a real-life setting, these risk factors may indicate that patients with PPP following TKA have . . .
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