title: Acute Cholecystitis Following Total Knee Replacement: A Case Report and Literature Review.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infection poses a substantial challenge after joint replacement.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 53-year-old female with multiple co-morbidities, who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty. Her postoperative course was complicated by acute cholecystitis necessitating cholecystectomy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients who require joint replacement surgery, careful and detailed preoperative assessment is important to identify those at risk for this complication in order to provide timely treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department Of Orthopaedic, King Abdulaziz University. Jeddah. Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Bayan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghalimah
authors.affiliation: Department Of Orthopaedic, King Abdulaziz University. Jeddah. Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Amre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamdi
keywords: Acute cholecystitis infection; joint replacement; postoperative complication; total hip replacement; total knee replacement