Surgical treatment of knee arthrofibrosis using arthroscopic debridement with continuous passive motion and intraarticular analgesia

Knee Arthrofibrosis (KA) can result in major postoperative complications after knee surgery, which can negatively influence on the rehabilitation and patients quality life.Purpose: To investigate the effects of arthroscopy debridement with continuous passive motion (CPM) and intra-articular ropivacaine infusions in reducing pain and postoperative analgesic use and determined whether such infusions accelerate functional recovery of the patient.Methods: This study focuses on the treatment of 64 patients with КА by arthroscopic debridement. The outcomes measured at different times by postoperative pain intensity, function of the knee joint.results: the treated patients (n=34) by arthroscopic debridement with CPM and continuous intra-articular infusion of ropivacaine showed significant reduc- tions in pain intensity at any time (p