title: Surgery for giant popliteal artery aneurysm with a modified Sims' position.
abstract: A 73-year-old man with a giant popliteal artery aneurysm extending from the mid-thigh to the popliteal fossa underwent exclusion, bypass, and obliterative endoaneurysmorrhaphy while in a modified Sims' position. The use of this position allowed for exposure of the saphenous vein and the entire popliteal artery in the same operative field. No muscle division was required. Moreover, this position provided easy access to the superficial femoral and distal below-knee popliteal arteries.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine, Niigata City, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohzeki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011187:Posture; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods