title: Stent placement in iliac arterial lesions: three years of clinical experience with the Wallstent.
abstract: Within a 3-year period, 125 patients with 63 iliac occlusions and 62 complex iliac stenoses underwent stent placement using self-expandable vascular endoprostheses. Early technical success rate was 98%, with a total complication rate of 4%. Major complications were seen in 1.6%. Early reobstruction occurred in 4 patients with previous occlusions. Late reobstruction due to a clinically relevant restenosis or reocclusion occurred in 10 patients and required 12 repeat interventional procedures. Cumulative patency, excluding early technical failure, was 100% at 6 months and 89.4% at 24 months. Stenting of iliac arteries using self-expandable endoprostheses is a safe and effective treatment of complex iliac lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Technical University of Aachen, FRG.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vorwerk
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Günther
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D015993:Life Tables; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology