Department of Vascular Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a rare anatomic variant disease with an incidence of approximately 0.025%–0.05% it is ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg. It is a branch of the ...

He pulled out of World Cup Gavere, stating that he was suffering from Piriformis syndrome, a condition that causes pain when a muscle presses on the sciatic nerve. "A number of cycling tests ...

A 'beautiful' six-year-old girl has died after a needle accidentally pierced a major artery during a 'minor' procedure. Amelia 'Millie' Ridout suffered 'massive, catastrophic' internal bleeding ...

Genome‐wide association studies have identified several hundred susceptibility single nucleotide variants for coronary artery disease (CAD). Despite single nucleotide variant‐based genome‐wide ...

A widow maker heart attack occurs when a blood clot or plaque completely blocks the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, one of the arteries around the heart. The medical term for a widow maker ...

The AAA is still under surveillance. I Complete PSA in combination with a normal femoral artery IIa Complete PSA in combination with an incompletely developed femoral artery IIb Complete PSA in ...

What is an aortic dissection? An aortic dissection is a tear (dissection) in the wall of the body’s main artery (aorta). The aorta sends blood from your heart to the rest of your body. A tear causes ...

What is a prostatic artery embolization? Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) is a minimally invasive treatment that helps improve lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia ...

We found, in mice, that the sciatic nerve invasion by blood vessels begins around embryonic day 16 and continues until birth. Interestingly, intra-nervous blood vessel density significantly decreases ...

Introduction: Sciatic nerve injury is a common injury of the nervous system. Stem cell-based therapies, drug-based therapies and rehabilitation physiotherapy therapies are currently available, but ...