Spontaneous arteriorrhexis in affected lower limb following total knee arthroplasty.

Chin J Traumatol

Center of Diagnosis and Treatment for Joint Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China.

Published: February 2008

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is now a standard treatment for serious osteoarthritis all over the world. Although it is a standard treatment, it has many complications, among which deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is the exclusive blood vessel complication that has been reported. However, we found a new blood vessel complication of TKA in this study, which is spontaneous arteriorrhexis in the affected lower limb.

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