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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 85:S71-S74 (2003)
© 2003 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Complications After Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Khaled J. Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Daniel P. Hoeffel, MD, Rida A. Kassim, MD and Gideon Burstein, MD

Corresponding author: Khaled J. Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCSCDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and Clinical Outcome Research Center, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Box 492, Minneapolis, MN 55455

The authors did not receive grants or outside funding in support of their research or preparation of this manuscript. They did not receive payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity. No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the authors are affiliated or associated.

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   Introduction
 
Despite the large number of revision total knee arthroplasties performed over the last twenty-five years, few data exist regarding overall complication rates after this procedure. As epidemiologic techniques (i.e., meta-analysis) are applied to the existing literature base and as orthopaedic prospective study design improves, a clearer picture of the incidence, prevalence, and risk of complications after revision total knee arthroplasty will be gained.

The focus of this paper is to review the current knowledge regarding selected complications of revision total knee arthroplasty: neurovascular injury, vascular injury, and venous thromboembolic disease.


   Neurovascular Complications
 
Among the complications involving the neurovascular structures about the knee during primary and revision total knee arthroplasty 1-6, the most commonly reported injury involves the peroneal nerve. At the knee, this nerve is located 34 to 36 mm posterolateral to the tibial plateau and runs over the posterior border of the lateral biceps femoris tendon in an inferolateral direction over . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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