I recently underwent nerve ablation on both knees after bilateral TKR. On one leg there was a short period of pain reduction, on the second nothing. There is a reason for the pain-the challenge is discovering the reason. Where the pain is concentrated will tell you something, MRI’s can be helpful, when do you feel the pain? Steps, flat surfaces?, the pain can actually originate in your back—the point is you need to see if you can pinpoint the source. I have endured this for 16 months and in a few days will have a knee revision. This is not what I wanted to do but we have exhausted all other treatments. I have a pretty good idea of the cause because of the specificity of the pain location but will find out soon, hopefully. Finding the right doctor is critical. You should not end up being in worse pain than when you started down this road. Good luck!

I had my Saphenous nerve cut, and packed off in a way that it would never regenerate , I was told that this would end my pain right away, well 3yrs later I can say it took my pain from a 9 to 8.9 I believe I was feed a bunch of BS by some hot shot doctor. I spoke with another doctor who I have found to be totally truthful and he said finding to right nerve or nerves causing the pain is for the most part impossible. He compared it to having a needle in your hand and pushing it into a hay stack and hitting another needle in the hay stack. Sorry to say after 17 procedures and numerous oral drugs my nerve pain remains at 8.9 after my TKR .

My prayers go out to all of you ….very difficult to be in constant pain …hope you find relief