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Patients with knee arthroplasty may complain of pain and/or may be unhappy. There are no infection signs or suspicion. What needs to be considered? How to manage these knees?

Clarify the clinical situation: diagnosis of the painful knee arthroplasty, general management of some problems.

Consider the location: intra or extraarticular source of pain, local or referred pain, extensor mechanism or other regions may also cause knee pain.

Component positioning, over- and under sizing, eventual conflicts such as malposition, malrotation or impingement should be investigated.

Soft tissues may be the origin of pain, management may vary with diagnosis: instability, stiffness, tendinosis, iliotibial tract,...

Material and fixation problems are frequent pain causes: consider loosening, debonding, osteolysis, metal allergy, metallosis, material failure,...

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