Clinical Trial: Surgical Treatment of Functional Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: Results of a Systematic Approach Based on the Section of the Medial Gastrocnemius Attachment

U.S., Aug. 30 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07147556) titled 'Surgical Treatment of Functional Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome: Results of a Systematic Approach Based on the Section of the Medial Gastrocnemius Attachment' on Aug. 22.

Brief Summary: Functional popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (FPAES) is a rare unique clinical entity that does not have associated with anatomic abnormalities and, therefore, is thought to be functional in nature (1,2). It has been first described by Rignault et al. in 1985, and its true mechanism is not well understood (3,4). Given the relative lack of knowledge of FPAES in the literature and the reported outcomes after decompressive surgery are limited a...