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Knee replacement swollen and blood filled 8 months later
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 11 6:44pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
I am sorry if you gave an answer to this but what is a GAE? Also I have had swelling in my knee after TKR IN 23. IT IS NOT BLOOD BUT FLUID and does GAE work for nonblood fluid issued
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@skshapiro
Hi, you've probably gotten you answer to this by now, but if not... GAE is Genicular Artery Embolization. Its used to help minimize bleeding into a joint. In the case of the knee, a catheter is used to go thru the Femoral artery into the genicular arteries and deposit tiny "emboli" into the respective blood vessels to virtually clog them - keeping them from bleeding into the knee joint.
It would not be used for anything other than bleeding issues.
Hope you are doing better !