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Medial approach for popliteal artery injuries
Yue-liang Zhu1, Yong-qing Xu, Jun Li
1Department of Orthopaedics, Kunming General Hospital, Chengdu Military Command, Kunming, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the clinical application of the medial approach for repairing popliteal artery injuries.
Methods:
From 2002 to 2008, 11 cases of popliteal artery injuries had been repaired via the medial approach. Of these cases, 8 had limb fractures, 1 had knee dislocation, and 2 had visceral injuries. Ten popliteal arteries were anastomosed directly while one was repaired with a great saphenous vein graft.
Results:
The operation time ranged from 3 to 4 hours (averaging 3.6 hours). All the injured limbs survived. At the follow up, 8 legs recovered the full function, 2 had minor contracture, and 1 serious Volkmann's contracture without amputation.
Conclusion:
The medial approach for repair of the popliteal artery is effective, applicable, and more advantageous to the management of multi-injures.
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