EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 4 , Pages 39-44 , October 2007

Rupture of an Infected Popliteal Aneurysm. Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • A. Ysa

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • A. Arruabarrena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • E. Perez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • I. Lopez-Vidaur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain
    • ,
  • J.A. García-Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain

,Accepted 22 July 2007.

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PII: S1533-3167(07)00027-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.07.001

EJVES Extra
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