title: Remote endarterectomy in SFA occlusive disease.
abstract: The authors present a new modified endarterectomy technique for the treatment of artherosclerotic occlusive disease of the superficial femoral artery (SFA). The SFA remote endarterectomy procedure can be performed through a single groin incision using a ring strip cutter and stenting the distal endpoint. Complete disobliteration of lengthy occlusions was accomplished in more than 100 cases with a cumulative 2-year primary and assisted primary patency rate of 71 and 86%. The mean length of the removed intima core was 33 (10-45) cm. The endovascular remote endarterectomy technique is explained and depicted in detail and some important questions and controversies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Moll
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014654:Vascular Patency