Penetrating injuries of the popliteal ar
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M. J. G. O'Reilly; J. M. Hood; R. H. Livingston; J. W. S. Irwin
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Article
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1978
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Military experience has consistently emphasized the unacceptably high amputation rate associated with popliteal arterial trauma. In this group of patients there were 23 arterial injuries and 26 injuries involving both an artery and a vein. The loss of only 5 limbs in this series was dir