| Athletes with hypertrophied muscles may be prone to develop this problem if they have the underlying popliteal arterial anatomy. |
| Other causes are trauma, iatrogenic injury, popliteal aneurysm, and aortic dissection. |
| Usually, they're located in areas of flexion and extension, such as the neck, antecubital fossa, and popliteal folds, and behind the ears. |
| Many patients with distal disease will require bypass grafting to the popliteal or crural arteries below the knee. |
| The patient's legs were placed on pillows to bend her knees slightly to prevent peroneal and popliteal nerve damage. |
| The popliteal occasionally provides a small saphenous artery that courses with the vein of the same name and the sural nerve to the tarsus. |
