Delayed Diagnosis of a Popliteal Artery Rupture after a Posteromedial Tibia Plateau Fracture-Dislocation Case Report
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Vascular injury in closed tibial plateau fractures is sometimes diffi cult to diagnose because radiological examination might reveal only minor disengagement of the tibial plateaus and a coexistant compartment syndrome may overlap the clinical signs.1,2,8,9 This article presents a case of a medial split fracture-dislocation with an associate rupture of the popliteal artery that went undiagnosed, leading to a below-knee amputation.
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