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European Orthopaedics and Traumatology 
June 2014, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp 209–212 | Cite as

Pseudoaneurysm of the geniculate artery following elective knee arthroscopy



Arterial pseudoaneurysm is a rare entity following orthopedic knee surgery. This lesion has been reported in a many surgical procedures such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA) [1, 2], open synovectomy [3], meniscectomy [4], and arthroscopy [5]. The lesions can appear at any localization around the popliteal artery [6, 7] and geniculate artery, especially in total knee arthroplasty. In their review, Wilson et al. [8] revealed that of 4,350 patients undergoing elective orthopedic procedures, only 27 attended the vascular surgery service with arterial injury following hip and knee arthroplasty and ankle reconstruction. Only 3 of the 27 had developed pseudoaneurysm. The aim of this paper is to present a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the geniculate artery in a patient who presented symptoms of deep venous thrombosis after primary TKA.


A 20-year-old man presented with recent-onset unilateral left knee pain. He was an amateur football player without any history of...


Total Knee Arthroplasty Popliteal Artery Arthroscopic Procedure Osteochondral Grafting Anterolateral Portal



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Sanz-Ruiz, P., Chana-Rodriguez, F., Villanueva, M. et al. Eur Orthop Traumatol (2014) 5: 209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0229-8



