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Traumatic Popliteal Artery Occlusion Following Lower Extremity Crush Injury Presenting With Isolated Patellar
Chris Amro1, Akshat T Parekh2, Keith Diamond3
1Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Abstract:
While traumatic popliteal artery injury historically has a low incidence, failure to acutely recognize the vascular insult poses a significant risk of limb loss and functional impairment. A 71-year-old male presented with left lower extremity pain in setting of a crush injury working underneath a vehicle resulting in an isolated lateral dislocation of his patella and complete occlusion of the distal popliteal artery. He was taken to the operating room for an in-situ bypass and four-compartment fasciotomy. His hospital stay included three staged washouts/debridements with eventual closure. He was discharged after 38 days to a rehabilitation facility with ability to self-ambulate with assistance within one month. This patient's presentation is unique for his isolated patellar dislocation without associated injuries characteristically associated with a traumatic vascular injury of the popliteal artery and serves to remind the importance of complete examination in the setting of blunt trauma.
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