Posterior Thigh Abscess as a Complication of Continuous Popliteal Nerve Catheter

Christopher J. Tucker, MD, Kevin L. Kirk, DO, and James R. Ficke, MD

CPT Tucker, MC USA, is Orthopedic Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. He was an orthopedic resident at Brooke Army Medical Center at the time the article was written. 

LTC Kirk, MC USA, is Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

COL Ficke, MC USA, is Consultant to Surgeon General, Orthopedic Surgery, and Chairman, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.