Knee Surg Relat Res.  2018 Mar;30(1):84-88. 10.5792/ksrr.17.024.

Acute Arterial Occlusion Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Park BJ
• Cho HM
• An KY
• Lee HJ

• KMID: 2407514
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5792/ksrr.17.024

Abstract

Acute arterial occlusion is a rare complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This is a report of a case of acute femoral artery occlusion and its sequelae following TKA in a patient with a history of atrial fibrillation. Arterial circulation of the lower limb could not be restored by thrombectomy treatments, and above-knee amputation had to be carried out.

Keyword

Knee; Arthroplasty; Artery; Occlusion; Atrial fibrillation

MeSH Terms

Amputation
Arteries
Arthroplasty
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Atrial Fibrillation
Femoral Artery
Humans
Knee
Lower Extremity
Thrombectomy