Award-Winning HSS Study Uses AI to Identify Risk Factors Linked to More Severe Pain After Knee Replacement
Hospital for Special SurgeryHSS researchers used AI to identify two pain archetypes in patients who had a knee replacement and the most significant predictive factors for severe pain after surgery. Risk factors included younger age, greater physical/mental impairment, higher BMI, and preoperative opioid or gabapentinoid use.