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Arterial graft occlusion after total knee arthroplasty treated by prompt thrombectomy
Lieven Dossche1, Karl A M Brabants
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerpen, Belgium. lieven.dossche@ping.be
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|August 9, 2002
Abstract:
We describe the case of an 83-year-old woman with a patent extra-anatomic femoropopliteal bypass who developed graft thrombosis during total knee arthroplasty. Reperfusion was achieved as a result of prompt diagnosis and thrombectomy. Arterial graft occlusion is a rarely reported complication of total knee arthroplasty, although it can be limb-threatening. Early diagnosis and treatment are important.