title: Long-term results of primary stenting for long and complex iliac artery occlusions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the long-term results of recanalization with primary stenting for long and complex iliac artery occlusions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective non-randomized study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between 1996 and 2004, 38 patients underwent recanalization of an occluded iliac artery with subsequent stenting for TASC B lesions in 12 patients, TASC C in 10 and TASC D in 16. Thirty-one patients had Fontaine stage 2 B, four patients had stage 3 and one patient had stage 4. Two patients (5.4%) presented with acute ischemia and received trombolysis before recanalization. Patency results were calculated using Kaplan and Meier analysis. The mean follow-up was 26 months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Technical success was 97.4%. Thirty-day mortality was 2.7%. The primary patency rate was 94%, 89% and 77% at 1, 3 and 5 years respectively. Three re-occlusions (8.1%) and one restenosis (2.7%) were observed during follow-up. The secondary patency (SP) rate was 100%, 94% and 94% after 1, 2 and 3 years. Fifteen patients underwent an associated procedure. A kissing stent procedure in three patients, a contralateral PTA of an iliac stenosis in 8, a femoro-femoral bypass in 2, a femoropopliteal bypass in 1 and an femoral endarterectomy in 2. The procedure related complication rate was 5.4%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Long-term results of iliac recanalization are excellent without major complications if the procedure is technically successful. The endovascular procedure can be an alternative to an iliofemoral or aortobifemoral bypass in a high risk population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Roeck
authors.forename: J M H
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delrue
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lauwers
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Schil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Maeseneer
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: François
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parizel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: d'Archambeau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014654:Vascular Patency