A non-contact complete knee dislocation with popliteal artery disruption, a rare martial arts injury

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 887, 1999, Pages 552-553

  Viswanath, Y K S ^a,b   Rogers, I M ^a  

^a SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aikido; Knee dislocation; Popliteal artery disruption; Sports injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; SPORT INJURY; VEIN BYPASS;

EID: 0032864702     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.887.552     Document Type: Article

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