[Differential surgical therapy of popliteal entrapment syndrome 1967 to 1992].

From 1967 to 1992 at the University Hospital of Zurich 16 patients (14 male, 2 female) with 22 popliteal artery entrapment syndromes underwent a surgical treatment. In this period several different operation procedures were used. The modern operative procedure depends on the degree of the arteries wall compression. The procedure of choice for minimal compression of arterial wall is a musculo-tendinous decompression with a medial replacement of the popliteal artery. In the cases of severe compression we used autologous venous bypass from femoropopliteal I to popliteal III.