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319: Tricky Conditions: Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome (PAES). Dr Matthew Hislop: Sport & Exercise Medicine Physician

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The Different Types of Polytial Artery Entrapment Syndromes

There are two subtypes of polytial artery entrapment syndrome. There's the type that's been termed anatomical. And there are fairly extreme versions of anatomy that lead to these types. In type one, what has happened is the medial head of gastroc is migrated across, but unfortunately, it caught thepolytial artery and dragged it right across to the side of the knee. in type three, the artery has developed in the middle of the medialhead of gastroc, and once again, it's sort of like constricting and tightening it. And in type four, the original primitive polytious artery never disappeared, and it stayed running deep to polytias.

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