After treatment, 90% of the patients regained patency of the popliteal vein, but more than 60% of the patients needed additional treatment after PMT. 21 It is uncertain whether removing inflow venous ...

Each of the 9 segments of vein (upper and lower great saphenous vein; lesser saphenous vein; proximal and distal femoral vein; proximal and distal popliteal vein; saphenofemoral junction; and ...

This study aimed to evaluate postoperative changes in distal segment reflux following treatment of the proximal segment of an incompetent small saphenous vein (SSV). A retrospective analysis was ...

Common Femoral-to-Distal Popliteal Bypass Grafts of Saphenous Vein (A) and of Knitted Dacron (B) at the Time of Angiographic Follow-up Study Three Years after Implantation.

Case 1. A.S., a 66-year-old white man with diabetes, underwent a left common femoral to distal popliteal bypass with a 41-cm. length of his saphenous vein, 6 mm. in diameter.

Popliteal aneurysms are asymptomatic or otherwise present with intermittent claudication, compression symptoms in the popliteal fossa, distal embolisation and, rarely, rupture. We present a patient ...

Figure 1. A computed tomography (CT) scan was conducted at the index visit. (A) Axial CT section revealed deep vein thrombosis (white arrow) of the popliteal vein (PV) with a patent popliteal artery ...

The patient was prone after administration of general anesthesia. Access of the distal left popliteal vein was obtained via micropuncture, and systemic heparin was administered. Venography was ...

DVT, whether it’s in the popliteal vein or elsewhere in the leg, has some of the same symptoms as a Baker’s cyst. That can make it hard for your doctor to know which one you have, especially ...