After surgery or injury
Nerve pain at the front of the knee after knee replacement
When the implant looks fine but the front of the knee burns, a small nerve may be the cause. The clues and the options.
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After surgery or injury
After surgery or injury: nerve symptoms after an operation on the foot, ankle, knee or back.
Nerves lie close to the skin around the ankle and foot, and they can be stretched, bruised or cut during an injury or an operation. These articles explain what is expected after surgery, what isn’t, and what can be done when a nerve is the reason recovery has stalled.
Related guides: after surgery or injury, foot drop, nerve laceration and painful neuroma.
After surgery or injury
Nerve pain after Achilles surgery: the sural nerve
How often the sural nerve is affected after Achilles repair, what it feels like, and what can be done.
After surgery or injury
Phantom pain or a neuroma after amputation: telling them apart
Phantom limb pain and a residual limb neuroma can look alike and can coexist. How they differ and what treatment offers.
After surgery or injury
Complex regional pain syndrome after foot surgery: early signs
Pain that grows instead of fading, with skin or temperature changes, can be CRPS. The early signs and what to do.
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