Would you deliver low dose radiotherapy to a patient with persistent knee pain after knee replacement?

In general, I am pretty liberal about trying low-dose radiotherapy for osteoarthritis because it is so very low risk. In the case of pain after total knee arthroplasty, I am pretty sure all the studies excluded these patients. They excluded them because many/all of the structures that house inflamma...

I would not offer low-dose radiotherapy (LDRT) for persistent pain after total knee replacement, as the etiology is usually different (issues with arthrosis, neuropathic, or fibrosis, and not inflammation).

I have treated a few patients post-knee replacement (TKA). First, it's important to understand that persistent knee pain should prompt a careful evaluation to exclude periprosthetic joint infection, prosthetic loosening, instability, malalignment, and other correctable mechanical causes, with an eff...