Citation

Weiner EJ, Ditchek JJ, Solomon RJ, Eyerly-Webb SA, Kiffin C, Carrillo EH, Davare DL. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2017; 2017(11): rjx222.

Affiliation

Division of Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jscr/rjx222

PMID

29181147

PMCID

PMC5697403

Abstract

Popliteal artery injuries may have devastating consequences if not recognized in a timely fashion. The risk of delayed diagnosis of a vascular injury is particularly high in blunt trauma to the lower extremity. We present a case of popliteal artery injury that is unusual in two respects: severity (a complete transection in the setting of a blunt injury) and lack of clinical and radiographic signs of the commonly associated musculoskeletal injuries.

Language: en