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Damage from Iovera Nerve block prior to TKR

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@smgauthier

My surgery was July 2024, had IOVERA 2 weeks prior. Fast forward to present-I have awful zinger nerve pain from mid thigh to mid calf but mostly lateral side of knee and now having them under my knee cap also everyday, all day. I am still numb from mid thigh to mid calf. Biggest regret was getting the IOVERA and am beginning to feel this won’t ever resolve.

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kobesnowy | @kobesnowy | 5 days ago

Personally I am beginning to realize we are Guinea Pigs

The company will not reply or utter a word when I message them

Zingers and pain if and when you touch it
And you can jump to the ceiling

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catheem | @catheem | 4 days ago

Did you have the knee replacement? If so, how are you sure that it's the Iovera and not the surgery itself causing the zingers? Did they start before the surgery? I'm only asking since the TKR groups on FB do have many who didn't have Iovera but have/had zingers and nerve damage from the surgery itself. Also, did you have 5 injections with Iovera or 3? Some surgeons (you have to be either a surgeon; anesthesiologist; pain doctor to give the injections) (except some surgeons allow the PA to do it, not sure I would let them) only do the genicular nerves with Iovera and not the peripheral...if you had 5 injections, it would be both..I'm only asking because I want to be sure before I get the injections before my TKR by asking so many questions..my problem is that pain medication won't work effectively for me, so I'm kind of only at the mercy of the Iovera to work to get the surgery!

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