Post-Total-Knee-Arthroplasty Popliteal Artery Intimal Tear Repaired With Endoluminal Balloon Angioplasty

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Arterial vascular injury after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is rare; its rate of occurrence is 0.03% to 0.17%.^1,2 Post-TKA arterial occlusion can be caused by thrombosis, fascial obstruction, plaque embolization, or direct trauma to the vessel.^3,4 Optimal treatment options for popliteal artery occlusion are primary repair of the vessel and saphenous vein bypass.⁵ In this article, we report a case of post-TKA popliteal artery occlusion with suspected intimal flap disruption treated endovascularly with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).