Abstract
Even recently, most popliteal aneurysms are diagnosed symptomatically. We encountered 6 surgical cases of popliteal aneurysm all of whom were men, whose ages ranged from 62–81 years old. Three had acute ischemia, 1 had chronic ischemia, and the remaining 2 had ruptured aneurysms. All popliteal aneurysms were diagnosed by contrast enhanced computed tomography, which indicated a surgical approach. An emergency operation was performed in 4 cases. Except in 1 case of direct repair, aneurysmectomy and graft replacement were performed in all cases. All patients had uneventful postoperative courses with good arterial perfusion.
