Late spontaneous haemarthrosis: an unusual complication following an unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A man, aged 55, presented with a spontaneous haemarthrosis of his right knee, 1 year after an unicompartmental knee replacement. This case showed an atraumatic rupture of the metal marker wire of an all-polyethylene inlay tibial implant which caused a destruction of the polyethylene surface and a disseminated synovitis of the right knee. This is a rare but destructive complication following an unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Hemarthrosis
- Knee Prosthesis
- Prosthesis Failure
Anatomy
- knee