title: [Long-term results after endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial occlusions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Presentation of our long-term results with endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on 115 patients (98 male, 17 female), average 67 years, with 141 occlusions or stenoses in the iliac or femoral arteries that were treated by laser-angioplasty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Excellent primary results were obtained in 93 % of the stenoses and 74 % of the occlusions. The results depended on the length of the lesions. In femoro-popliteal lesions < 10 cm length a success rate of 98 % could be observed, in lesions > 10 cm it was 71 %. The same was true for iliac lesions: the clinical success rate was 91 % in lesions < 5 cm as compared to 44 % in lesions > 5 cm. The long-term results were even satisfactory, the patency rate ranged to 85 % in stenoses and 75 % in occlusions, resp.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laser-angioplasty in our hands is an excellent treatment modality for occlusions/stenoses of the peripheral arteries and coronaries, a strong indication anticipated.
authors.affiliation: II. Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Kobe, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome