I have read the case report with great interest entitled “Aplastic Posterior Tibial
Artery in the Presence of Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture Dislocation Resulting in Below-the-Knee
Amputation” by Bellezza et al (
1
). The authors described a rare popliteal artery variant that ultimately resulted
in critical limb ischemia and below-the-knee amputation after foot and ankle trauma.
Although I deeply appreciate the author's efforts in the diagnosis and treatment of
this patient, I found the suspected misinformation presented in Fig. 3C showed that
the popliteal artery was bifurcated into the peroneal artery (left, black arrow) and
anterior tibial artery (right, white arrow). However, the authors described in Fig.
3A and B that the left distal occluded vessel was the anterior tibial artery, and
the right segmental occluded vessel was the peroneal artery. Inconsistent information
presented between the three images has led to confusion and I would respectfully ask
the authors to clarify the information.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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References
- Aplastic posterior tibial artery in the presence of trimalleolar ankle fracture dislocation resulting in below-the-knee amputation.J Foot Ankle Surg. 2017; 56: 92-97
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Published online: December 05, 2022
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Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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