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What do you think about injecting in the site of s total knree teplacement exparel. read about it and people have so much less pain with lit.

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No: I would strongly suggest that cortisone not be injected into a replaced knee. The metal and plastic components are unable to clear bacteria from the knee and the post-injection infection risk is much higher in these circumstances.

Answered 2/20/2014

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