Percutaneous angioplasty of the superior gluteal artery in the treatment of buttock claudication.

A 65-year-old man developed bilateral buttock claudication due to stenosis of the main stem of the left internal iliac artery and stenoses of the left and right superior gluteal branches of the internal iliac arteries. These stenoses were successfully dilated by percutaneous angioplasty using coronary angioplasty equipment. Percutaneous angioplasty is shown to be an effective method of treatment of buttock claudication caused by stenoses of the internal iliac and superior gluteal arteries.