OBJECTIVES: to determine the incidence of early complications following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and to describe their management and outcome. MATERIALS: five hundred and fifty consecutive patients undergoing angioplasty of 648 limbs, containing 1053 anatomical segments during a two year period were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: early complications affected 109 segments (10%) in 92 limbs (14%) of 84 patients (15%). Of the 109 segments affected by early complications, 106 (97%) were managed by endovascular techniques with surgery being required on only three (3%) occasions. There were no deaths attributable to angioplasty. CONCLUSIONS: although early complications occur in 14% of limbs undergoing percutaneous transfemoral angioplasty, the majority (97%) can be managed by endovascular techniques.
OBJECTIVES: to determine the incidence of early complications following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and to describe their management and outcome. MATERIALS: five hundred and fifty consecutive patients undergoing angioplasty of 648 limbs, containing 1053 anatomical segments during a two year period were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: early complications affected 109 segments (10%) in 92 limbs (14%) of 84 patients (15%). Of the 109 segments affected by early complications, 106 (97%) were managed by endovascular techniques with surgery being required on only three (3%) occasions. There were no deaths attributable to angioplasty. CONCLUSIONS: although early complications occur in 14% of limbs undergoing percutaneous transfemoral angioplasty, the majority (97%) can be managed by endovascular techniques.
Authors: Jeremy D Darling; Thomas C F Bodewes; Sarah E Deery; Raul J Guzman; Mark C Wyers; Allen D Hamdan; Hence J Verhagen; Marc L Schermerhorn Journal: J Vasc Surg Date: 2017-09-22 Impact factor: 4.268
Authors: Jeremy D Darling; John C McCallum; Peter A Soden; Lindsey Korepta; Raul J Guzman; Mark C Wyers; Allen D Hamdan; Marc L Schermerhorn Journal: J Vasc Surg Date: 2017-03-06 Impact factor: 4.268
Authors: Thomas Aherne; Seamus McHugh; Elrasheid A Kheirelseid; Michael J Lee; Noel McCaffrey; Daragh Moneley; Austin L Leahy; Peter Naughton Journal: Surg Res Pract Date: 2015-10-27