title: Recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rukavina
authors.forename: Gino M M J
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kerkhoffs
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Markus S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kuster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans