Damage from Iovera Nerve block prior to TKR
I had right TKR 18 weeks ago. Prior to surgery I had lower leg neuropathy and a neurologist could not determine why after testing (you're part of the 20% of the population that gets it for an unknown reason she said). My surgeon recommended the Iovera nerve block prior to surgery because it would help with pain after the surgery. He said that the nerve block would last for about 3 months. I had no problem when the injection was done, minimal bruising and my leg was numb. It's now been more than 3 months later and I still have numbness going all the way down the inside of my thigh to my knee and when I touched the skin it feels like someone's taking a razor blade and slicing my skin open. I'm also having problems when I bend my leg in certain ways or touch my leg in certain spots I start get sharp nerve pains down on my lower leg. I don't know if this is from the Iovera injection or not. And I have a feeling nobody's really going to tell me. Has this happened to anybody else? I already had a chronic pain condition before surgery and if I had known that I would feel the way I do now I don't think I would have had my knee replaced!
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I have CRPS from a TKR and I refuse to take gabapentin also. Idk what IOVERA is. I will look it up. Best wishes for a miracle
Hi. Your nerve block post was 4 years ago, have you found a resolution for the lingering numbness and pain in your operated hip/leg?
I'm going to look this nerve block injection also.
BEWARE
Yes, so I read
Its been 15 months and the pain is still there
From the surgery or a nerve block? TIA ⚘️
IOVERA
Hit the nerves
Well that sucks, permanent damage? Remember, nerves can regenerate. Sending you positive energy ✨️
Thank you 🙏
I was told the pain would be gone in three months
I still cannot touch where the PA did it
And this is the reason I did not do the badly needed knee
Because all the follow-ups are with the PA
who I would not let touch me with a ten foot pole
I just had a reverse shoulder June 25 and when I am able to I have to do this painful knee