Access to occluded infrainguinal bypass grafts with a loopsnare.
Thrombolysis for the treatment of occluded bypass grafts is used in selected clinical circumstances. Unfortunately, a minority of these procedures are technical failures because of the inability to access the occluded graft. We describe a technique that greatly increases the chances of technical success.
Nosher
J L
JL
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Department of Radiology, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Siegel
R L
RL
Bodner
L J
LJ
D000368:Aged; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation