TY - JOUR
T1 - Endovascular repair of an acute blunt popliteal artery injury
AU - Hutto, John D.
AU - Reed, Amy B.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.08.067
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.08.067
M3 - Article
C2 - 17210408
AN - SCOPUS:33845952865
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 45
SP - 188
EP - 190
JO - Journal of vascular surgery
JF - Journal of vascular surgery
IS - 1
ER -