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Lower Limb
Published in Rui Diogo, Drew M. Noden, Christopher M. Smith, Julia Molnar, Julia C. Boughner, Claudia Barrocas, Joana Bruno, Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology, 2018
Rui Diogo, Drew M. Noden, Christopher M. Smith, Julia Molnar, Julia C. Boughner, Claudia Barrocas, Joana Bruno
As their names indicate, the popliteal artery and vein pass through the popliteal fossa, which lies on the posterior side of the knee region and is bordered superolaterally by the biceps femoris muscle, superomedially by the semimembranosus and the semitendinosus muscles, inferolaterally and inferomedially by the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle, posteriorly by skin and deep fascia, and anteriorly by the popliteal surface of the femur and the popliteus muscle (Plate 5.7). At this region of the knee, the popliteal artery gives rise to branches that form arterial anastomoses around the knee joint: the superior and inferior lateral genicular arteries and the superior and inferior medial genicular arteries (”genu” means “knee” in Latin).
The Spleen(SP)
Published in Narda G. Robinson, Interactive Medical Acupuncture Anatomy, 2016
Clinical Relevance: SP 10 often appears in treatment protocols for knee pain, including that from anterior cruciate ligament injury. Blood supply to the knee in general arrives from branches of the descending genicular artery, the medial and lateral superior genicular arteries, the medial and lateral inferior genicular arteries, the middle genicular artery, and the anterior and posterior tibial recurrent arteries.16
Lower Extremity Surgical Anatomy
Published in Armstrong Milton B., Lower extremity Trauma, 2006
Latham Kerry, Baez Marcelo Lacayo, Armstrong Milton B., Arias Efrain
Popliteal lymph nodes are usually six small nodes that are embedded in popliteal fat. One is between the posterior aspect of the knee joint and the popliteal artery receiving afferent vessels accompanying the genicular arteries and direct vessels from the knee joint. Another is located near the end of the small saphenous vein and drains the superficial area drained by the vein. The popliteal vessels are flanked by the nodes that are left, which receive afferent trunks traveling along with the anterior and posterior tibial vessels. Efferents of popliteal nodes ascend to reach the deep inguinal nodes by traveling close to the femoral vessels mostly, but there are also some that ascend close to the great saphenous vein and head toward the superficial inguinal nodes.
Pulsed radiofrequency ablation of genicular nerve versus intra-articular radiofrequency ablation combined with platelets rich plasma for chronic kneeosteoarthritis
Published in Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021
Sameh El-Tamboly, Mohammed Medhat, Ragab Khattab, Hamed Darwish, Akram deghady
PRF treatment is used in this study rather than traditional RF ablation. The temperature of the target tissue in PRF treatment is frequently set around 42°C, so that nerve destruction and the neuropathic pain or Charcot joints are not expected to be an issue. Moreover, The PRF method looks to be less risky than conventional RF ablation when it comes to motor loss, responses resembling neuritis and conserving fibers of both motor and autonomic nerves [18]. The proximity of three genicular nerves (SM, IM, and SL) to the same-named genicular arteries was the reasoning for targeting them. The IL nerve, which is quite close to the fibula’s neck, was not targeted to avoid the possibility of peroneal nerve damage which is a common ailment. [10]
Response to: Anatomical Study of the Descending Genicular Artery Chimeric Flaps
Published in Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022
We propose that the superior genicular arteries are consistently present, are unlikely to be damaged following knee trauma, have a consistent course, and do not have a significant role in the blood supply to the cruciate ligaments of the knee. They represent a viable option for lower limb reconstruction, with simpler dissection and comparable outcomes when compared with alternatives [2–4].