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- Title
Embolism of the popliteal artery after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a case report and literature review.
- Authors
Janssen, R.; Sala, H.; Janssen, R P A; Sala, H A G M
- Abstract
Arterial complications after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) are rare. We present a case report of a 44-year-old male patient with a subtotal occlusion of the popliteal artery, with sensory loss in the foot, 17 days after ACLR. Embolectomy and anticoagulant therapy led to full recovery of the peripheral arterial circulation. The sensory loss of the foot also fully recovered. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of an embolus of the popliteal artery after ACLR without relation to graft fixation. A literature review on vascular complications after ACLR is presented.
- Subjects
ANTERIOR cruciate ligament surgery; RANGE of motion of joints; POPLITEAL fossa; TREATMENT of embolisms; ARTERIAL occlusions; ARTERIAL injuries; WOUNDS &; injuries; THERAPEUTICS; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEPARIN; DIAGNOSIS of embolism; VASCULAR surgery; EMBOLISMS; FOOT; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL complications; POPLITEAL artery; TACTILE agnosia; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2007, Vol 15, Issue 12, p1449
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-007-0363-3