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Kim, Min, Yoon, Seo, Kim, and Kim: Spontaneous Hemarthrosis after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Case Report

Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association 2004; 39(7): 830-832.

Published online: 28 December 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.2004.39.7.830

Spontaneous Hemarthrosis after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Hee Seon Kim, Hak Jin Min, Ui Seoung Yoon, Jae Seong Seo, Yoon Jong Kim, Jin Soo Kim

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

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Copyright © 2004 The Korean Orthopaedic Association

Abstract

Spontaneous hemarthrosis of the knee after a total knee arthroplasty is a rare complication, and thereis no report is available in Korea. We report a case that was cured with an open synovectomy in the spontaneous hemarthrosis, which developed 10 months after the total knee arthroplasty for degenerative osteoarthritis in a 60-year-old woman.

Keywords: Knee, Total knee arthroplasty, Spontaneous hemarthrosis

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