Fat Necrosis Following Application of a Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty

A 60-year-old female underwent a right total knee arthroplasty but developed postoperative pain, swelling, and decreased knee range of motion. An ultrasound scan showed findings suggestive of fat necrosis at the site of previous tourniquet application. Following regular reviews, intensive physiother...

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Autores principales: Sammut, Kim, Gatt, Raymond, Chircop, Kieran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2022.06.005
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description A 60-year-old female underwent a right total knee arthroplasty but developed postoperative pain, swelling, and decreased knee range of motion. An ultrasound scan showed findings suggestive of fat necrosis at the site of previous tourniquet application. Following regular reviews, intensive physiotherapy, and analgesia, symptoms only started to resolve 5 months following the primary surgery. Fat necrosis of the thigh is highly uncommon following the application of tourniquets during total knee arthroplasty. This case was treated successfully without complications using nonoperative measures.
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spelling pubmed-93046452022-07-23 Fat Necrosis Following Application of a Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty Sammut, Kim Gatt, Raymond Chircop, Kieran Arthroplast Today Case Report A 60-year-old female underwent a right total knee arthroplasty but developed postoperative pain, swelling, and decreased knee range of motion. An ultrasound scan showed findings suggestive of fat necrosis at the site of previous tourniquet application. Following regular reviews, intensive physiotherapy, and analgesia, symptoms only started to resolve 5 months following the primary surgery. Fat necrosis of the thigh is highly uncommon following the application of tourniquets during total knee arthroplasty. This case was treated successfully without complications using nonoperative measures. Elsevier 2022-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9304645/ /pubmed/35874148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2022.06.005 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Fat Necrosis Following Application of a Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty
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title_short Fat Necrosis Following Application of a Tourniquet During Total Knee Arthroplasty
title_sort fat necrosis following application of a tourniquet during total knee arthroplasty
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35874148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2022.06.005
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