Sural artery pseudoaneurysms after knee arthroscopy: Treatment with transcatheter embolization

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 170 - 173
• Main Authors: Carlin, Robert E., Papenhausen, Mark, Farber, Mark A., Ronningen, Ed, Mauro, Matthew A., Marston, William A., Keagy, Blair A., Burnham, Steven J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.01.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aneurysm, False - diagnostic imaging; Aneurysm, False - therapy; Angiography; Arteries - injuries; Arthroscopy; Biological and medical sciences; Diseases of the cardiovascular system; Embolization, Therapeutic; Female; Humans; Knee - blood supply; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging; Postoperative Complications - therapy; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); Human; Postoperative; Radiodiagnosis; False aneurysm; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Instrumentation therapy; Lower limb; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Arterial disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Knee disease; Arthroscopy; Treatment; Saphenous artery; Adult; Complication; Embolization; Endoscopy; Arteriography
• ISSN: 0741-5214; 1097-6809
• DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.110354

Vascular injury of the popliteal artery or its branches after knee arthroscopy is a rare but potentially devastating complication. We report two cases of sural artery branch pseudoaneurysms resulting from knee arthroscopy. Both patients were successfully treated with transcatheter embolization of the pseudoaneurysms. the diagnosis and treatment options of this unusual injury are discussed. (J Vasc Surg 2001;33:170-3.)