Transection of the popliteal artery whilst trampolining.
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Transection of the popliteal artery whilst trampolining.
A 24 year old West Indian woman was admitted as an emergency having suffered an injury to the right knee on landing awkwardly on a trampoline. She was a reasonably experienced club trampoliner and on admission there was an obvious dislocation of the right knee joint. The peripheral pulses were absent in the right foot and capillary return was sluggish. The anterior dislocation (Figs. 1 and 2) w...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.17.4.147