Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 40 No. 2, 2001.
Professional paper
Remote Endarterectomy with Endoluminal Stent Implantation: An Alternative Procedure in Revascularization of Obliterated Femoral Artery
Ivo Lovričević
Vladimir Tonković
Drago De Syo
Zdenko Novotny
Bjorn Dario Franjić
Frans Moll
Abstract
Remote endarterectomy is an endovascular, minimally invasive approach in the treatment of obliterated femoral artery. Successful revascularization of the superficial femoral artery achieved by the procedure of remote endarterectomy using the Mollring Cutter device, followed by endoluminal stent positioning at the distal intimal flap, is described. A 72-year-old man with obliteration of the right femoral artery and intermittent claudication was operated on with this endovascular procedure. The operation lasted 70 minutes. The postoperative period was uneventful. A 64-year old man with obliteration of the femoral artery and ischemic ulcers on the same leg underwent the same procedure, which took 68 minutes. Peripheral pulses were normal at discharge.
Keywords
Femoral artery, surgery; Endarterectomy, methods
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14856
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Publication date:
1.6.2001.
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