Branching patterns of the popliteal artery and its clinical importance

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Ozgur, Zuhal ^a   Ucerler, Hulya ^a   Aktan Ikiz, Z Asli ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior tibial artery; Peroneal artery; Popliteal artery; Posterior tibial artery; Tibial peroneal trunk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE SURGERY; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67849121863     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0454-y     Document Type: Article

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