Popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare injury occurring in total knee replacement surgeries. The symptoms are usually pain and swelling on the affected side which prompts immediate investigations. Surgical endovascular interventions both available options for intervention with covered stents being preferred choice. In this study, we report case of 72-year-old female diagnosed right popliteal...

Context: Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (PAES) is a non-atherosclerotic cause of claudication and acute ischemia of the legs in young individuals. Objective: To report on a case of popliteal artery entrapment that was treated surgically. Case report: The patient was a 46-year-old hypertensive male diver who had been experiencing pain in his right leg for around six months, which worsened ...

BACKGROUND Popliteal fossa pseudoaneurysms as a result of trauma are not uncommon. However, spontaneous pseudoaneurysms as a result of non-traumatic rupture of posterior tibial artery (PTA), anterior tibial artery (ATA), or tibioperoneal trunk (TPT) artery segment are extremely rare. We report a case of spontaneous popliteal fossa pseudoaneurysm resulting from spontaneous avulsion of the ATA an...

UNLABELLED Popliteal artery aneurysms are frequent and may lead to thromboembolic events and limb loss. PURPOSE To evaluate clinical and ultrasonographic follow-up of patients who underwent exclusion of a popliteal artery aneurysm using the technique proposed by Edwards. METHODS Data of all patients who underwent surgery to repair a popliteal artery aneurysm at Hospital das Clinicas, the Sã...

Background: Due to the increasing number of surgical techniques used nowadays on the knee joint, the importance of the knowledge of the branching pattern of the vessels neighboring the joint becomes very significant. Anomalies of vascular patterns near the knee joint particularly the popliteal vessels, are therefore noteworthy in understanding the atypical clinical findings encountered while de...

BACKGROUND To retrospectively review the bilateral venous system within the popliteal fossa to evaluate the types of variations and their frequency seen in venous anatomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS During routine dissection of formalin-fixed cadavers, a retrospective review of 32 bilateral (64 limbs) lower limbs obtained from adult donors was performed. Deep veins present in the popliteal fossa w...

INTRODUCTION Cases of true mycotic popliteal artery aneurysm are rare. Presentation is variable but invasive and non-invasive investigations collectively facilitate diagnosis and guide operative procedures. Definitive treatment generally utilizes surgical intervention with excision and reconstruction using autologous vein graft. Prolonged targeted antibiotic therapy is an important adjuvant. ...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of information about the possibility of transfer of the long head of the biceps femoris (LHBF) musculocutaneous flap to the knee area. We discuss the use of the LHBF musculocutaneous flap to treat refractory ulceration at the popliteal fossa and the results of a preliminary study investigating the anatomical possibility of transferring this flap to the popliteal regio...

IN 1953 Gifford, Hines, and Janes' clearly demonstrated the high incidence of serious complications in patients with untreated aneurysms of the popliteal artery. They pointed out that arteriosclerosis was present in almost all the 100 popliteal aneurysms that they studied and that the aneurysms were not infrequently bilateral or multiple. Popliteal aneurysms are seen predominantly in men more t...

Case Report period. Duplex scan of the popliteal fossa demonstrated that despite surgery the popliteal aneurysm A 77-year-old male presented with sudden onset of had continued to expand and now measured 11 cm in maximum diameter. No flow was seen within the ischaemic pain in his right foot. He had no past history of intermittent claudication, ischaemic heart disease aneurysm and appearances sug...