title: Successful percutaneous endovascular treatment of a ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm.
abstract: A rupture of the popliteal artery is a rare but dangerous complication of aneurysmal disease. It accounts for 4% of all popliteal artery aneurysms encountered and threatens the loss of the extremity and, infrequently, is also life-threatening.(1) when this clinical entity is confronted, a prompt operative intervention is indispensable for increasing the chances of limb salvage. We report the first, to our knowledge, successful endovascular treatment of a ruptured popliteal artery aneurysm with a new polytetrafluoroethylene stent-graft in a patient who was unfit for a conventional surgical approach because of his severe pulmonary disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Department of Radiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ihlberg
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Albäck
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Kantonen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lepäntalo
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014654:Vascular Patency
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene