Popliteal artery reconstruction secondary to minor trauma in a 19-year-old morbidly obese woman

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1435-1436

  Najem, Mojahid ^a   Kambal, Amir ^a   Hussain, Tahir S ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial injury; Knee dislocation; Morbid obesity; Obesity; Popliteal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; MORBID OBESITY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BODY MASS INDEX; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; OBESITY, MORBID; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 10644231023     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892042583789     Document Type: Article

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