HOW OFTEN DOES A POPLITEAL ARTERIAL ANEUR YSM ERUPT

Rupture of a popliteal artery aneurysm is an unusual complication and did occur six times in our series of 252 popliteal artery aneurysms th at underwent operative repair from January 1965 to December 1991. Rupt ure while equally serious as thrombosis of the popliteal artery aneury sm of distal embolization from the aneurysm, is reported as an exceedi ngly unusual complication. Reported incidence of rupture is less than 2 to 4 percent in most large series and was 2.4 percent in the present series.