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We describe a 72-year-old woman with a false aneurysm of the mid-popliteal artery after a total knee replacement, presenting with a pulsatile swelling and an audible bruit in the popliteal fossa. The diagnosis was confirmed by duplex ultrasound. Surgical repair was undertaken using a saphenous vein patch to reconstruct the arterial defect. A false aneurysm of the popliteal artery following total knee replacement is an extremely rare occurrence. To our knowledge, only four other cases have been reported in the English-language literature.
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Received: 30 March 1999/Accepted: 25 August 1999
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Karkos, C., Thomson, G., D’Souza, S. et al. False aneurysm of the popliteal artery: a rare complication of total knee replacement. Knee Surgery 8, 53–55 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001670050011
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001670050011