Persistent haemarthrosis following total knee arthroplasty caused by unrecognised arterial injury
Paul Whittingham-Jones, Irshad Baloch, Jonathan Miles and Barry Ferris
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Paul Whittingham-Jones, 14, Raydean Road, Barnet, Herts, EN5 1AN, UK.
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Arterial injury is a rare complication of knee replacement. We present a delayed presentation which was proven with arteriography and successfully treated with embolisation rather than open surgery. In atypical clinical pictures of swelling and equivocal inflammatory markers, clinicians should consider the differential diagnosis of persistent arterial bleeding.
Keywords
Total knee replacement; arterial injury
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