title: [Primary results of laser recanalization in the endovascular treatment of arterial stenosis and occlusion of the lower limbs. Apropos of 45 treated cases].
abstract: Forty-five lower limb arterial lesions were treated by Nd Yag laser angioplasty using 1.4 and 2 mm hybrid catheters in 31 patients. This population comprised 28 men and 3 women (average age 63.8 +/- 3 years) 20 were in Stage II, 5 in Stage III and 6 in Stage IV of Fontaine's classification. The arteriographic lesions were 22 occlusions with an average length of 12.3 cm and 23 stenoses averaging 87% luminal reduction a few millimeters long to a maximum of a string of stenoses. Seventeen of these lesions were very calcified. The stenoses were situated on the iliac artery (7 cases), superficial femoral artery (28 cases), popliteal artery (9 cases) and the tibio-peroneal artery (1 case). There were no fatalities or recourse to emergency surgery. All patients underwent complementary balloon dilatation. The immediate patency rate was 91% in stenotic and 72% in occlusive lesions. At one week, the patency rate for stenotic lesions was unchanged but it had fallen to 59% for occlusive lesions (arteriographic evaluation). Angioscopy was used 22 times: it was indissociable to laser angioplasty as it enabled diagnosis and controlled the result. The use of thermal laser with hybrid catheters (metallic window tip) in endovascular procedures is a safe and effective method of treating stenosis and occlusion of lower limb arteries.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Saint-Joseph, Marseille.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poyen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alessandri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duport
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergeron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Résultats primaires de la recanalisation par laser dans le traitement endovasculaire des sténoses et occlusions artérielles des membres inférieurs. A propos de 45 lésions traitées.