Popliteal artery injury during posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction()

This study reports a case of popliteal artery injury during arthroscopic reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament. The evolution of the injury is described and comments are made regarding the anatomy of this artery and potential risks of this surgical technique. This study had the aims of a...

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Autores principales: Cenni, Marcos Henrique Frauendorf, do Nascimento, Bruno Fajardo, Carneiro, Guilherme Galvão Barreto, de Andrade, Rodrigo Cristiano, Pinheiro Júnior, Lúcio Flávio Biondi, Nicolai, Oscar Pinheiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4519653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rboe.2015.04.005
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Sumario:This study reports a case of popliteal artery injury during arthroscopic reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament. The evolution of the injury is described and comments are made regarding the anatomy of this artery and potential risks of this surgical technique. This study had the aims of alerting the medical community, especially knee surgeons, regarding a severe surgical complication and discussing the ways of preventing it.

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