popliteal artery

Most of the time, people also have blocked femoral and popliteal arteries too.

Another is between the popliteal artery and the posterior surface of the knee-joint.

An opportunity presented itself when a man was brought in with a dislocated knee and damaged popliteal artery.

Shots were fired, and Timmy got a bullet in the leg, severing his popliteal artery.

In the leg behind the knee popliteal artery aneurysm)

The bullet had in fact clipped a part of his popliteal artery and his boot was filling up with blood.

During the recent years the increasing frequency with which popliteal artery entrapment is reported, strongly suggests a greater awareness of the syndrome.

The branches of the popliteal artery are:

It gives filaments to the popliteal artery.

The aneurysm is in the popliteal artery behind Mr. Cheney's right knee, his spokesman said.

Hamming and Vink in 1959 first described the management of the popliteal artery syndrome in a 12-year-old patient.

Behind the knee (popliteal artery).

There is high risk of damage to the popliteal artery and peroneal nerve and therefore carry a worse prognosis.

Fem-pop bypass is for people who have narrowed or blocked femoral or popliteal arteries, which are near the surface of the legs.

Arterial aneurysm of the popliteal artery has been found to create a thrombosis or embolism resulting in ischaemia.

The popliteal artery, through numerous smaller branches, supplies blood to the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf.

Anatomical abnormalities involving the medial head of gastrocnemius muscle results in popliteal artery entrapment syndrome.

The popliteal artery entrapment syndrome is a rather uncommon pathology, which results into claudication and chronic leg ischemia.

Its course runs alongside the popliteal artery, but carries the blood from the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf back to the heart.

After it emerges from the adductor canal through the adductor hiatus, it is named the popliteal artery.

Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome.

I had developed a blood clot in my popliteal artery that had totally occluded the lower part of my leg, leaving very minimal blood flow.

The femoral artery and the popliteal artery help form the arterial network surrounding the knee joint (articular rete).

Other common places are the brachial artery, radial artery, popliteal artery, dorsalis pedis, and others.

The popliteal artery extends from the femoral artery behind the popliteal fossa which is the space behind the knee.