The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 1239.e1-1239.e6, December 2008

Acute Arterial Thrombosis After Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

  • Christopher O. Bayne, BS

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Christopher O. Bayne, BS, Harvard Medical School, 386 Riverway, Unit 5, Boston, MA 02115.
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  • Omar Bayne, MD, FRCS(C)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Fremont/Hayward Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Fremont, California
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  • Michael Peterson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hayward Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Hayward, California
    • ,
  • Eric Cain, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics, Fremont/Hayward Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Fremont, California

Received 2 May 2007; accepted 30 November 2007. published online 03 April 2008.

Abstract 

Arterial thrombosis is a rare complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The overall incidence of arterial complications after TKA, including arterial occlusion, arteriovenous fistula, arterial aneurysm, and arterial severance, varies between 0.03% and 0.17% in reports published in the orthopedic literature (J Vasc Surg 1994;20:927-932). We report a case of acute popliteal artery thrombosis and its sequelae immediately following bilateral TKA performed sequentially under the same anesthesia. This is the first reported case of a post-TKA popliteal artery thrombosis in a patient younger than 60 years without the commonly accepted risk factors.

Key words: total knee arthroplasty, complications, arterial thrombosis, popliteal artery, bilateral TKA

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PII: S0883-5403(07)00685-7

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2007.11.012

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 23, Issue 8 , Pages 1239.e1-1239.e6, December 2008

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