Area of Skin Numbness After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Does Minimally Invasive Approach Make Any Difference From Standard Approach?

Clinical study showed that TKA using minimally invasive surgery approach provided similar area of skin numbness to standard approach. Numbness area gradually decreased at serial FUs in both the groups. The cadaveric study demonstrated that the IPBSN consistently gave no branch passing the knee midline above superior patellar pole.