A young, otherwise healthy patient with bilateral claudication is found to have entrapment of the popliteal and anterior tibial arteries, latter owing an anomalous high bifurcation. Review her presentation, diagnosis, treatment emphasizes how prompt recognition surgical release can resolve this often painful distressing condition. eyJraWQiOiI4ZjUxYWNhY2IzYjhiNjNlNzFlYmIzYWFmYTU5NmZmYyIsImFsZyI6...

Entrapment neuropathies have been known for many years. The larger peripheral nerve entrapment lesions such as that of the ulnar nerve at the elbow (Paget 1864), carpal tunnel syndrome (Learmonth 1933) and more recently tarsal tunnel syndrome (Keck 1962, Lam 1962) and the entrapment of the radial nerve in the persistent “tennis elbow” (Roles and Maudsley 1972) have all been described. Neuropath...

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