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- Title
Retrograde Transpopliteal Approach of Iliofemoral Lesions.
- Authors
Brountzos, Elias N.; Moulakakis, Konstantinos G.; D. Avgerinos, Efthimios; Dalainas, Ilias; G. Giannakopoulos, Triantafillos; Kakisis, John; Ptohis, Nikolaos D.; Preza, Ourania; Liapis, Christos D.
- Abstract
Purpose: Aim of this study is to present our initial experience with the use of the retrograde popliteal artery access in patients with certain anatomic lesions. Methods: Between September 2008 and September 2010, 24 patients underwent a transpopliteal retrograde subintimal recanalization. Instead of its usage when antegrade recanalization failed, the “facedown” technique was preferred as a first choice in patients with common femoral artery stenosis or occlusion, proximal lesions of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) with no stump, severe obesity, tandem iliac, and SFA lesions. Results: Technical success was achieved in 91.7% of patients.The complication rate was 12.5%. The primary patency at 6, 12, and 18 months was 86.4%, 65.8%, and 65.8%, respectively. Conclusions: The retrograde popliteal artery approach can be considered as the primary SFA recanalization strategy in carefully selected patients, with competitive immediate and midterm results.
- Subjects
TRANSLUMINAL angioplasty; TOMOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS of variance; ARTERIAL occlusions; DUPLEX ultrasonography; FEMORAL artery; INTERMITTENT claudication; VASCULAR resistance; HEALTH outcome assessment; PERIPHERAL vascular diseases; SURGICAL complications; TREATMENT effectiveness; POPLITEAL artery; SURGERY
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 7, p646
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574411414308