Open Repair of a Giant Popliteal Artery Aneurysm Presenting with Nerve Compression Symptoms

Open Repair of a Giant Popliteal Artery Aneurysm Presenting with Nerve Compression Symptoms

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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 Wirewound 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 Menstrual Care and interposition graft with a reversed saphenous vein.