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Recurrent Hemarthrosis Following Knee Arthroplasty Treated with Arterial Embolization
- Source :
- The Journal of Arthroplasty. 30:2004-2007
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- Recurrent hemarthrosis is an uncommon but troublesome complication following knee arthroplasty. This study reports the results for 13 patients with spontaneous recurrent hemarthrosis after knee arthroplasty treated with arterial embolization. The average interval between arthroplasty and embolization was 47 months (range, 2-103 months), and the average time from onset of hemarthrosis to embolization was 4.1 months (range, 1-11 months). Geniculate arterial embolization lead to resolution of hemarthrosis in 12 of 13 patients (92.3%). The one clinical failure likely represented a case of misdiagnosed periprosthetic joint infection. Two patients experienced transient cutaneous ischemia related to distal particulate embolization that resolved spontaneously. Selective geniculate arterial embolization is an effective and safe treatment modality for recurrent hemarthrosis after knee arthroplasty.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Ischemia
Periprosthetic
Recurrence
Hemarthrosis
Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Embolization
Diagnostic Errors
Clinical failure
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Arterial Embolization
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Embolization, Therapeutic
Arthroplasty
Surgery
Female
Radiology
business
Complication
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08835403
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Arthroplasty
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5c5a6b3125546ee1e4ac657f4c62f4ca