The effect of knee flexion on the popliteal artery and its surgical significance

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-222

  Shetty, A A ^a,b   Tindall, A J ^a,c   Qureshi, F ^a,d   Divekar, M ^a,e   Fernando, K W K ^a,e  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d St Leonards on Sea   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDWAY MARITIME HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIBIAL ARTERY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OSTEOTOMY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; TIBIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0037356020     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B2.13559     Document Type: Article

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