Recanalization in femoral arterial occlusions

✍ Scribed by Bauriedel, Gerhard ;Höfling, Berthold ;Demaio, Samuel J.

• Book ID: 101827680
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 192 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810300124

✦ Synopsis

Letters to the Editor

Recanalization in Femoral Arterial Occlusions I

TO THE EDITOR

We read the article by Bauriedel et al.

[ l ] with interest. The authors performed recanalization in 2 1 superficial femoral arterial occlusions (average angiographic length 42 ? 29 mm, range 9-109 mm). Seven (33%) lesions were crossed with a conventional guidewire. Twelve (86%) of the remaining 14 lesions were crossed successfully using the pliable distal tip of a sheath introducer. There were five complications (23.8%), including two major dissections and three local inguinal hematomas. Three of these required surgery. Overall intimal dissections occurred in 8/ 14