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Knee Arthrocentesis in Adults
Published on: February 25, 2022
Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty
Alexander Rukavina1, Gino M M J Kerkhoffs, Philipp Schneider
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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.
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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