Popliteal artery branching patterns detected by digital subtraction angiography.

80 Awareness of the anatomical variability determined by embryonic vascular development is important for radiologists and surgeons. Popliteal arterial variation may have clinical implications for vascular grafting, direct surgical repair, transluminal angioplasty, or embolectomy. Moreover, differentiating occlusion or arterial injury from variation depends on the clinician’s knowledge of variations (1–10). Therefore, we aim to describe popliteal arterial variations.