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popliteal

noun as in knee

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Initially, the doctor informed Lisa Wolff that her husband had developed a blood clot in his popliteal artery and amputation might be necessary, according to the lawsuit.

The team said the operation on the 24-year-old from Plano, Texas, took place at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Parks’ popliteal artery.

Admiral drug-coated balloon is used to treat periphery artery disease in the superficial femoral and proximal popliteal arteries, located in the upper leg.

From Forbes

Stoudemire, who injured his knee more than a week ago, was examined in New York on Sunday morning, and a magnetic resonance imaging test revealed a ruptured popliteal cyst in the back of the knee.

A gentleman in Edinburgh was affected with aneurism of the popliteal artery, for which he was under the care of two eminent surgeons, and the day was fixed for the operation.

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