Endovascular repair of an acute blunt popliteal artery injury.
Blunt popliteal arterial injury is uncommon and is usually associated with surrounding soft tissue and orthopedic injuries, which may complicate traditional open operative repair. We present the successful management of a blunt popliteal artery injury through an endovascular approach, where we imaged the lesion, extracted the thrombus, protected against distal embolization, and performed a balloon angioplasty to the intimal lesion. Our approach is the first documented in the literature in which endovascular repair of a blunt popliteal artery injury was performed successfully in an acutely ischemic extremity. Using a filter wire is a novel way to prevent distal embolization during manipulation.
Hutto
John D
JD
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0558, USA.
Reed
Amy B
AB
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging