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Miguel García-Gimeno1, Ignacio Puyuelo Jarne2, Salvador Tagarro-Villalba1
1Department of Angiology and Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, Hospital San Pedro, Logroño, Spain.
Abstract:
Metallosis is a well-known complication at the site of total hip and knee arthroplasty. Vascular involvement of this complication is rare and generally results from vascular compression by a mass or pseudotumor. In the present report, we have described a case of lower limb acute arterial ischemia due to arterial injury as a complication of metallosis with a fatal outcome.
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