popliteal
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The Wolffs allege that Wang actually cut the popliteal artery, which is the main supplier of blood to the knee and lower leg.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
Chen, however, told Lisa Wolff that her husband’s lower leg was ischemic and had received no blood due to Wang’s cauterization of the popliteal artery.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
The team said the operation on the 24-year-old from Plano, Texas, took place at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Parks’ popliteal artery.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
The small saphenous vein located on the lateral surface of the leg drains blood from the superficial regions of the lower leg and foot, and flows into to the popliteal vein.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
For either femoral or popliteal arterio-venous aneurisms ligature of the artery above and below the aneurism is the best and safest treatment.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
