Popliteal artery injury: Royal Perth experience and literature review

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 882-886

  Yahya, Mazri M ^a   Mwipatayi, Bibombe P ^a   Abbas, Manzoor ^a   Rao, Suhakar ^a   Sieunarine, Kishore ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt; Fasciotomy; Knee dislocation; Penetrating; Popliteal artery; Popliteal artery injury; Vascular trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTERY INJURY; AUSTRALIA; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY INJURY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISLOCATION; FASCIA; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; DISLOCATIONS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33644828877     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03550.x     Document Type: Review

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