@article{ref1,
title="Popliteal vasculature injuries in paediatric trauma patients",
journal="Injury",
year="2012",
author="Jones, S. A. and Roberts, D. C. and Clarke, Nicholas M. P.",
volume="43",
number="10",
pages="1709-1711",
abstract="Popliteal-artery injuries in the paediatric-trauma patient are uncommon, difficult to diagnose and with prolonged ischaemia lead to substantial complications. We report three cases of popliteal-vasculature injury in paediatric-trauma patients with diverse mechanisms of injury: blunt trauma, penetrating injury and a Salter-Harris I fracture. We present a range of the significant sequelae that can result from paediatric popliteal-artery injury, both physically and psychologically. It is imperative that clinicians have a high index of suspicion when confronted with paediatric patients with trauma around the knee and that popliteal-vasculature injuries are diagnosed early. If insufficiencies are detected, further imaging should be considered, but surgical exploration should not be delayed in the presence of ischaemia.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="10.1016/j.injury.2012.06.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2012.06.012"
}