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False aneurysm of the popliteal artery: a rare complication of total knee replacement
C D Karkos1, G J Thomson, S P D'Souza
1Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK.
Abstract:
We describe a 72-year-old woman with a false aneurysm of the mid-popliteal artery after a total knee replacement, presenting with a pulsatile swelling and an audible bruit in the popliteal fossa. The diagnosis was confirmed by duplex ultrasound. Surgical repair was undertaken using a saphenous vein patch to reconstruct the arterial defect. A false aneurysm of the popliteal artery following total knee replacement is an extremely rare occurrence. To our knowledge, only four other cases have been reported in the English-language literature.
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