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Popliteal Vessels and Branches

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The popliteal vessels have many different options to serve as a recipient site for microvascular free tissue transfer. There are several branches of the popliteal vessels that are suitable for microvascular anastomosis. Additionally, a microvascular anastomosis can be performed directly to the popliteal vessel itself in an end-to-side configuration and maintain perfusion to the distal leg. In this chapter we describe several techniques for popliteal vessels and the branches of the popliteal vessels via suprageniculate and the infrageniculate exposures which can be performed with medial or lateral approaches. The midpopliteal exposure is also described in the prone position.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Sarah N. Bishop, DeAsia D. Jacob & Raffi Gurunian

  2. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Sarah N. Bishop & Raffi Gurunian

  3. Department of Anatomy, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Richard L. Drake

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Bishop, S.N., Jacob, D.D., Drake, R.L., Gurunian, R. (2021). Popliteal Vessels and Branches. In: Gurunian, R., Djohan, R. (eds) Recipient Vessels in Reconstructive Microsurgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75389-4_33

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