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Case Reports
. 2001 Oct;16(7):935-7.
doi: 10.1054/arth.2001.25555.

Therapeutic embolization of the genicular arteries for recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty

M Katsimihas  1 , D Robinson, M Thornton, V G Langkamer
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Case Reports

Therapeutic embolization of the genicular arteries for recurrent hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty

M Katsimihas et al. J Arthroplasty. 2001 Oct.

Abstract

The case of a recurrent hemarthrosis initially presenting 30 months after a total knee arthroplasty in a patient on lifelong warfarin is described. Angiography was used to aid in the diagnosis, and therapeutic selective embolization of the superior genicular arteries was performed with satisfactory clinical results.

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