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. 2023 Mar;17(1):80–89. doi: 10.5704/MOJ.2303.010

Table II:

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Article Name Year Author Number of arterial complications Type of complication Time to diagnosis
Popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm after TKA 2016 Ammori et al15 7 out of 7937 Popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm (n=7)

Mean 15 days

(Range 7-27) (n=7)
Acute arterial complications associated with total hip and knee arthroplasty 2003 Calligaro et al17 24 out of 23199

  • Acute ischaemia only (n=18)

  • Bleeding only (n=4)

  • Arterial transection (n=5)

  • Arterial pseudoaneurysm (n=5)

>1 day (n=18)

1-5 days (n=14)
The national incidence of iatrogenic popliteal artery injury during total knee replacement 2015 Dua et al18 43 out of 1297369 Popliteal artery injury (n=43)

>1 day (n=41)

1 day (n=1)

3 days (n=1)
Updated strategies to treat acute arterial complications associated with total knee and hip arthroplasty 2013 Troutman et al19 37 out of 26374

  • Ischaemia alone (n=28)

  • Haemorrhage (n=6)

  • Ischaemia with haemorrhage (n=6)

  • Pseudoaneurysm (n=9)

>1 day (n=28)

1-5 days (n=18)

5 to 30 days (n=3)
Vascular complications after total knee arthroplasty – a single institutional experience 2016 Padegimas et al20 13 out of 9951

  • Popliteal pseudoaneurysm (n=10)

  • Thromboses (n=3)

>1 day (n=12)

1 day (n=1)
Severe vascular complications and intervention following elective total hip and knee replacement: a 16 years retrospective analysis 2015 Avisar et al21 3 out of 2073

  • Haemorrhage (n=1)

  • Arterial thrombosis (n=2)

>1 day (n=1)

10 days (n= 1)

90 days (n=1)
Predictors of lower extremity arterial injury after total knee or total hip arthroplasty 2008 Abularrage et al14 20 out of 24029 Arterial injury/transection (n=20)

Intra-operatively (n=4)

>1 day (n=6)

1-5 days (n=5)

6-30 days (n=5)
Arterial and ischemic aspects of TKA 1992 DeLaurentis et al24 6 out of 1182 Ischaemia (n=6) 1-7 days (n=6)
Acute arterial thrombosis associated with TKA 1994 Savarese et al16 7 out of 4097 Arterial thrombosis (n=7) Not clearly specified
Popliteal artery injury associate with TKA: trends, costs and risk factors 2014 Ko et al25 3114 out of 5,491,907 Arterial injury (n=3114) Not clearly specified
Popliteal vascular injury during TKA 2003 Da Silva et al22 19 cases reported Arterial injury/transection (n=19) Not clearly specified
Popliteal artery injury during knee replacement: a population-based nationwide study 2013 Bernhoff et al23 32 cases reported

  • Pseudoaneurysms (n=11)

  • Thrombosis (n=7)

  • Arterial injury (n=25)

 Not clearly specified