[Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome in 3 young athletes].
Three cases of entrapment of the popliteal arteries from three young patients are reported. In all cases, the symptomatology was erroneously attributed to several muscular injuries produced in practice of a sport: Basketball, Football and Roller Hockey, respectively. In all cases, symptoms were progressing for 6 months as a minimum. The roads followed by these patients until they were visited in a Vascular Surgery Department is described. Clinical picture, the results from the different examinations practiced and the applied treatments to each patients are described.
Servicio de Angiología y Cirugía Vascular, Hospital de Mútua de Terrassa, Barcelona, España.
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Delgado Daza
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Moga Donadeu
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Muncunill Gil
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Mañosa Bonamich
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Vidal Conde
D000328:Adult; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D013177:Sports