Nonoperative management of lower extremity claudication caused by a Baker's cyst: Case report and review of the literature

Vascular

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-247

  Zhang, Wayne W ^a   Lukan, James K ^a   Dryjski, Maciej L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baker's cyst; Claudication; Nonoperative management

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG EXERCISE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POPLITEAL CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24944542698     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2005.50069     Document Type: Article

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