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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

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Open Access 01-07-2010 | Knee

Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty

Authors: Alexander Rukavina, Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs, Philipp Schneider, Markus S. Kuster

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 7/2010

Abstract

This report describes a case of spontaneous recurrent hemarthrosis of the knee that presented 4 weeks after total knee arthroplasty. Femoral arteriography showed a false aneurysm of a branch of the inferior lateral geniculate artery. Therapeutic embolization of the arterial branch was performed using three platinum coils with good clinical result and good knee joint function. Hemarthrosis has not recurred since embolization.

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Title: Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Alexander Rukavina
Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs
Philipp Schneider
Markus S. Kuster
Publication date: 01-07-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 7/2010
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-009-1031-6

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Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty

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