Open AccessOpen Repair of a Giant Popliteal Artery Aneurysm Presenting with Nerve Compression Symptoms
Author(s) -
Masaya Nakashima,
Masayoshi Kobayashi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vascular specialist international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2288-7989
pISSN - 2288-7970
DOI - 10.5758/vsi.200077
Subject(s) - medicine , popliteal artery , surgery , aneurysm , compression (physics) , composite material , materials science
Popliteal artery aneurysm (PAA) is a rare vascular disease, especially in women, and presents with various symptoms, ranging from being asymptomatic to rupture or acute life-threatening ischemia. We have presented a case of PAA in an 81-yearold woman complaining of tingling sensations in her leg. Computed tomography revealed a large 10-cm sized PAA. Because of the compression related symptoms, an open repair approach was selected and performed successfully via a posterior approach, including partial aneurysm resection and interposition graft with a reversed saphenous vein.