Evaluation of popliteal artery branching patterns and a new subclassification of the 'usual' branching pattern

Celtikci P., Ergun O., Durmaz H. A., Conkbayir I., Hekimoglu B.

SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY, vol.39, no.9, pp.1005-1015, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00276-017-1834-y
  • Journal Name: SURGICAL AND RADIOLOGIC ANATOMY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1005-1015
  • Keywords: Anatomic variation, Angiography, Peripheral arterial disease, Popliteal artery, Tibio-fibular trunk, CT-ANGIOGRAPHY, TIBIAL ARTERY, LOWER-LIMBS, ANATOMY, FIBULA
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

To determine the frequency of popliteal artery branching variations in a wide study cohort and to investigate the relationship between these variations and infrapopliteal peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A subclassification was proposed for the most encountered type I-A, utilizing tibio-fibular trunk (TFT) length.