title: Endovascular stent-grafts for aneurysms of the femoral and popliteal arteries.
abstract: Our objective was to investigate the preliminary use of endovascular stent-grafts for the treatment of femoropopliteal artery aneurysm. Ten patients with an aneurysm of the femoropopliteal artery referred for endovascular treatment were investigated. The series consisted of patients with a true aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery (n = 2); a true aneurysm of the popliteal artery (n = 4); an aneurysmal dilatation of a Biograft bypass (n = 2); a false aneurysm of the superficial femoral aneurysm (n = 1); and a false aneurysm of a composite bypass (n = 1). In 8 of the 10 patients the stent-graft was composed of one or more Palmaz stents sutured to an ePTFE tube graft; in the other 2 patients a venous covering was used in combination with Palmaz stents. The procedure was guided by angiography and intravascular ultrasound. The results of our investigation showed that endovascular stent-grafting of aneurysms of the femoropopliteal artery is a feasible but experimental technique that should be restricted to a selected group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: van Sambeek
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Gussenhoven
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Lugt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honkoop
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: du Bois
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van Urk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011150:Popliteal Artery; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene