title: [The initial results of percutaneous therapy of popliteal aneurysms with stents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Are percutaneous stents a therapeutic alternative to bypass surgery in the treatment of popliteal aneurysms?
  
  
  METHODS
  Three patients with femoropopliteal occlusion related to popliteal aneurysms were treated percutaneously. In two cases coated stents were used. In the third patient who underwent prior bypass surgery due to local fibrinolysis a reperfusion of the aneurysm occurred. He was treated with a Wallstent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Primary stent treatment was successful in all cases. There were no complications. One patient was lost to follow-up. One of the two coated stents occluded after one month due to a poor run-off of only one lower limb artery. The other coated stent is still patent after 6 months proven by angiography.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Percutaneous therapy with coated stents could be an alternative to surgical bypass therapy for popliteal aneurysms. Obviously long-time patency is related to sufficient run-off.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller-Hülsbeck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brossmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwarzenberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents
vernacular_title: Erste Ergebnisse der perkutanen Therapie von Poplitealaneurysmen mit Stents.