AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION OF TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
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An unusual complication of total knee replacement: a case report.
After total knee replacement a 57-year-old woman developed increasing pain in her left calf on exercise. This was due to erosion of the popliteal artery by a spur of cement. Removal of the spur with resection and Dacron grafting of the damaged section of the vessel cured her symptoms.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.79b1.0790102