FALSE ANEURYSM OF THE POPLITEAL ARTERY COMPLICATING ACUPUNCTURE

Authors
LORD RVN SCHWARTZ P
Citation
Rvn. Lord et P. Schwartz, FALSE ANEURYSM OF THE POPLITEAL ARTERY COMPLICATING ACUPUNCTURE, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 66(9), 1996, pp. 645-647
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
66
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
645 - 647
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1996)66:9<645:FAOTPA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This is the first reported case in which acupuncture needle injury of the popliteal artery caused the development of a false aneurysm. The p atient presented with rupture of the aneurysm and was successfully man aged by arterial repair.