Geniculate artery embolization for recurrent postarthroplasty hemarthrosis of the knee

Moses Azubuike; Ryan Mikus; Poyan Rafiei

doi:10.2484/rcr.v10i2.1105

Geniculate artery embolization for recurrent postarthroplasty hemarthrosis of the knee

Radiol Case Rep. 2016 Feb 17;10(2):1105. doi: 10.2484/rcr.v10i2.1105. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Moses Azubuike¹, Ryan Mikus², Poyan Rafiei³

Affiliations

¹ third-year medical student, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical branch, Galveston TX.
² Interventional Radiology Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical branch, Galveston TX.
³ Chief of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical branch, Galveston TX.

Abstract

Hemarthrosis after total knee arthroplasty is an uncommon condition. We present a unique case of recurrent hemarthrosis in a 93-year-old woman two years after an uneventful total knee arthroplasty and describe how we successfully treated her with selective angiographic embolization of the geniculate arteries.

Publication types

Case Reports