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Late spontaneous haemarthrosis: an unusual complication following an unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

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A man, aged 55, presented with a spontaneous haemarthrosis of his right knee, 1 year after an unicompartmental knee replacement. This case showed an atraumatic rupture of the metal marker wire of an all-polyethylene inlay tibial implant which caused a destruction of the polyethylene surface and a disseminated synovitis of the right knee. This is a rare but destructing complication following an unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, St Nikolaus-Hospital Eupen, Hufengasse 4, 4700, Eupen, Belgium

    Jan De Raet, Eddy Verhaven & Stefan Kemnitz

  2. Brussels University Hospital (UZ Brussel), Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090, Brussels, Belgium

    Jan De Raet, Eddy Verhaven & Stefan Kemnitz

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De Raet, J., Verhaven, E. & Kemnitz, S. Late spontaneous haemarthrosis: an unusual complication following an unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 15, 763–765 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-006-0251-2

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