Single-Center Long-Term Results of Popliteal Artery Blunt Trauma Management Following Knee Dislocation - A Case Series Study.

Background: Injury to the popliteal artery after knee dislocation, if not promptly diagnosed and properly treated, can have devastating results. The purpose of this retrospective study was to describe the diagnostic and the treatment protocol we use, as well as provide long-term outcomes for a series of patients treated in our tertiary hospital, emphasizing on the importance of ankle-brachial index (ABI) measurement as an integral component of the diagnostic approach.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all admissions to our hospital trauma center between November 1996 and July 2023, with a diagnosis of knee dislocation and the presence or absence of concomitant arterial injury resulting from blunt high-energy trauma, was conducted.

Laparoscopic Ligation of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery: A Systematic Review of an Emerging Trend for Addressing Type II Endoleak Following Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

: this systematic review aims to explore the efficacy and safety of the laparoscopic ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) as an emerging trend for addressing a type II endoleak following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). : A comprehensive literature search was conducted across several databases including Medline, Scopus, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, adhering to the PRISMA guidelines. The search focused on articles reporting on the laparoscopic ligation of the IMA for the treatment of a type II endoleak post-EVAR.

Aortocaval fistula formation due to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: a 12-year series.

This study reports on the frequency and management of aortocaval fistulas (ACFs) in our department between 1998 and 2009. Overall frequency of ACFs among ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms was 5.5%.

Characteristics of patients presenting to the vascular emergency department of a tertiary care hospital: a 2-year study.

Background: The structure of health care in Greece is receiving increased attention to improve its cost-effectiveness. We sought to examine the epidemiological characteristics of patients presenting to the vascular emergency department of a Greek tertiary care hospital during a 2-year period. We studied all patients presenting to the emergency department of vascular surgery at Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece between 1st January 2009 and 31st December 2010.

Combined endovascular/surgical management of a ruptured para-anastomotic aneurysm of the left common iliac artery.

A 75-year old man presented with signs and symptoms of acute abdomen and a clinical picture of hypovolemic shock. An emergency CT scan revealed a ruptured para-anastomotic left common iliac artery aneurysm. The patient had undergone an elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair operation and placement of an aortoiliac bifurcated graft 10 years before.

Do different vascular risk factors affect all arteries equally?

Established vascular risk factors (ie, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia) play an important role in the development of vascular disease. Emerging evidence suggests that some of these risk factors may have a more intense effect on specific arterial beds, a finding that holds implications for a prognostic role for certain types of vascular disease.

Perimetric and retrobulbar blood flow changes following carotid endarterectomy.

Background: Carotid stenosis can produce visual changes. This study examines perimetric and retrobulbar blood flow changes following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients without visual symptoms.

Methods: Sixteen patients (13 male, three female) with bilateral carotid stenosis were included.

Adventitial cystic disease of the popliteal artery: a potential cause of intermittent claudication.

Adventitial cystic disease (ACD) is an uncommon and rare vascular entity characterized by a highly viscous and mucinous cyst located in the adventitia of an artery. Although first described in the external iliac artery, the disease is more frequently sited in the popliteal artery. ACD characteristically occurs in young adults, mostly male, with intermittent claudication as the initial presenting symptom.