PMC3671982_01
Preoperative AP radiograph of the right knee joint showing severe arthritis of the joint.
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A 68 year old man with stiff knee due to long standing osteoarthritis of underwent primary TKA (LCCK, Legacy Constrained Condylar Knee Nexgen, Zimmer, Warsaw,USA) (Figures 1 and 2).
Postoperative AP radiograph of the right knee joint.
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A 68 year old man with stiff knee due to long standing osteoarthritis of underwent primary TKA (LCCK, Legacy Constrained Condylar Knee Nexgen, Zimmer, Warsaw,USA) (Figures 1 and 2).
Clinical image of the patient's knee showing massive swelling.
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Within the next two hours, swelling rapidly increased in size extending into distal thigh (Figure 3).
Intraoperative image from C arm showing pseudo aneurysm originating from superior lateral geniculate artery.
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A subsequent angiogram revealed pseudo aneurysm originating from superior lateral geniculate artery (Figure 4).
Image showing embolized superior lateral genicular artery.
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Using a micro catheter, a sub selective catheterization of the superior lateral genicular artery was performed and the artery was embolized by means of 3 mm coils (Figure 5).