Percutaneous retrograde tibial access in the endovascular treatment of acute limb ischaemia: a case report.
The utilization of a retrograde tibial approach in lower limb endovascular therapy has been described in the published literature. In this article we report our recent experience in order to highlight this valuable and under-utilised technique, which was successful in a difficult case where a conventional approach failed.
Downer
J
J
Department of Clinical Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. jonathan.downer@gmail.com
Uberoi
R
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome