EJVES Extra
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 43-51 , October 2006

Popliteal Artery Entrapment: Eight Years Experience

  • M.R. Bustabad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. M.R. Bustabad, Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Pza de Cruces s/n. 48903 Barakaldo, Spain.
    • ,
  • A. Ysa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • ,
  • E. Pérez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • ,
  • J. Merino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Traumatology, Hospital de Cruces, Pza de Cruces s/n. 48903 Barakaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • F. Bardo´n

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • ,
  • P. Vela

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • ,
  • A. Del Campo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery
    • ,
  • J.A. García Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery

,Accepted 22 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2006.05.003

EJVES Extra
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