DENİZ DEMİR, MUSTAFA ABANOZ, KADİR CEVİKER, YALCİN YONTAR, BURAK ERDOLU, NAİL KAHRAMAN
The European Research Journal - 2015;1(3):165-168
Despite the appropriate treatment, the rate of amputation in popliteal artery injuries is still high in current practice. Hence, early diagnosis and treatment are extremely important in cases with such vascular injuries to save extremities. We present a 30-year-old male patient with popliteal artery injury, who had diagnosed 20 hours after internal fixation of the femoral fracture. He successfully underwent arterial repair.
