Surgical treatment outcome of painful traumatic neuroma of the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve during total knee arthroplasty

Table 1 Patients’ demographics

Patient No.	Gender	Age, yr	Height, m	Weight, kg	BMI	Interval from TKA to neuroma excision, mo	Follow-up, mo
1	F	70	1.56	68	27.9	10	6
2	F	72	1.53	72	30.8	8	8
3	F	69	1.65	82	30.1	13	7
4	M	76	1.75	95	31.0	9	11
5	F	65	1.58	70	28.0	8	9
6	F	71	1.67	83	29.8	11	8
7	F	74	1.53	51	21.8	9	7
8	F	70	1.55	69	28.7	6	9
9	F	57	1.68	81	28.7	11	6
10	M	72	1.71	85	29.1	11	7
11	F	70	1.53	73	31.2	6	8
12	F	79	1.57	65	26.4	10	10
13	F	72	1.54	50	21.1	13	8
14	F	79	1.54	79	33.3	10	6
15	F	74	1.52	76	32.9	14	10
mean ± SD		71.3 ± 5.4	1.59 ± 0.08	73.3 ± 12.1	28.7 ± 3.5	10 ± 2	8 ± 2

F: Female; M: Male; BMI: Body mass index; TKA: Total knee arthroplasty.

Table 2 Pain relief, range of motion, and functional outcomes

VAS for pain		Active ROM (degrees)		KSS pain		KSS function
Postoperative	Preoperative	Postoperative	Preoperative	Postoperative	Preoperative	Postoperative
0.8 ± 0.9	96 ± 4	105 ± 6	49.3 ± 5.9	91.8 ± 4.2	62.7 ± 12.8	75.3 ± 11.3
aP = 0.001		aP = 0.001		aP = 0.001		aP = 0.015

^aWilcoxon signed ranks test.

VAS: Visual Analog Scale; ROM: Range of motion; KSS: Knee Society Score.