• Endovascular Salvage of Dysfunctional Autogenous Vascular Access
    Ahmed M. Almahrouky , Mohamed Rafik
  • Radiofrequency vs Laser Ablation for Great Saphenous Reflux Under Regional Femoral Nerve Block
    Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Fatma Zeinhom² & Wesam El-Din Sultan³
  • Duplex Guided Angioplasty for Femoro-popliteal Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Feasibility and Short-term Outcomes
    Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
  • Mammographic Assessment of Fat Graft Retention Volume in Aesthetic Breast Cases: A Quantitative and Qualitative Tool
    Ahmed Nawar1, Waleed Reda1, Ahmed Safwat1, Sahar Mansour2
  • The Normal Variations of the Caliber of Oesophageal Hiatus in Adults
    Mohamed Saber MSc, Tarek Hegazy MD,MRCS
  • Endovenous Laser Versus Radiofrequency Ablation of Great Saphenous Vein: Early Postoperative Results
    Hossam Elmahdy; Waleed Eldaly; Hussein Elwan; Baker Ghoneim
  • Gastric Volvulus Complicating Hiatal Hernia
    Ahmed H. Ali FRCS and Hany Rafik MD
  • Abdominal Component Separation in Cases of Wound Dehiscence with Evisceration (Burst Abdomen)
    Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS, Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS
  • Study of reoperation after Pancreatico-duodenectomy
    Abd Elrahman Elmaraghy, Mahmoud Saad Farahat and Mohammed abdo MD
  • Effect of Preoperative Dexamethasone before Total Thyroidectomy on Postoperative Nausea, Vomiting, Pain and Voice Dysfunction
    Mahmoud Saad1, Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh1and Safaa Refaat El-Sady2
  • Harmonic Scalpel versus Conventional Hemostatic Technique in Patients with Thyrotoxicosis undergoing Total Thyroidectomy
    Ahmed H. Ali,FRCS
  • The Genetic Association of VKORC1 (-1639G<A) Polymorphism with Warfarin Dose Requirements among Egyptian Patients with Venous Thromboembolism
    1Amr Mohamed Salem, 2Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar, 2Sahar Ahmed El Shafei, 3Omaima Gaber Yassine, 2Eman Farouk Safwat
  • Endoscopic Transaxillary Silicone Gel Filled Breast Augmentation: Early Experience in Egyptian Females
    Shehab Soliman , Ahmed F. Aborady
  • Therapeutic Laparoscopy from the Start Vs Diagnostic Laparoscopy First for Acute Abdomen: Would Outcomes Differ?
    Mr. Ayman M. A. Osman1 MD, MRCS (Eng); Mr. Sameh A. Mikhail1 MD, FRCS (Eng), MRCS (Eng); Mr. Mohamed E. Alkashty1 M.Sc.; Prof. Mohamed H.A. Fahmy1 MD.
  • Hybrid Repair Combining Common Femoral Endarterectomy and Iliac Stenting for Iliofemoral Arterial Occlusive Disease
    Sherif Essam Eldin Tawfik; Ahmed Farouk Abdelmohsen; Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-salam Rizk
  • Short Term Results of Retrograde Transpopliteal Access in Management Flush Superficial Femoral Artery Chronic Total Occlusions.
    Marwan Yousry, Hossam El Mahdy, Walied Eldaly, Hussein Elwan
  • Comparative Study Between Modified Koyanagi and Duckett Tube Techniques in Management of Proximal Types of Hypospadias
    Wael Ghanem MD*, and Mohamed Eldebeiky MD, FRCS*, Ayman Albaghdady MD*
  • Transanal Swenson Pullthrough in Hirschsprung Disease: Ain Shams University Experience
    Wael Ghanem MD
  • Biliary Gastritis Following Laparoscopic Mini Gastric Bypass: Is there a Role for H. Pylori?
    Sameh Mikhail1, Shady Elghazaly Harb 1, Sherif M. Mokhtar 1, Mohamed ElNady 2
  • Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury of the Descending Thoracic Aorta; Experience with 14 Cases Over 3 Years
    Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
  • Feasibility, Short and Mid-term Outcomes of Endovascular Management of Subclavian Artery Aneurysms
    Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Amr Saleh El Bahaey2
  • Duplex Guided Angioplasty for Femoro-popliteal Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Feasibility and Short-term Outcomes

    Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
    1Vascular Surgery Department, Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University 2Vascular Surgery Department, Beni Suef University

    Introduction: Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is a well-known complication of conventional fluoroscopy guided angioplasty procedures and is associated with increased patient morbidity and mortality. In this feasibility study, we tried to perform the angioplasty procedures under duplex guidance alone without the need to give the potentially nephrotoxic contrast agents especially in renal impairment patients while reducing the radiation exposure. Objectives: To examine the feasibility of performing peripheral femoro-popliteal endovascular procedures under duplex guidance alone with assessment of initial technical success, procedural complications, and clinical improvement after 3 & 6 months. Patients and method: This study included patients with peripheral arterial diseases (PAD); (Rutherford category: 3-6) and laboratory evidence of renal insufficiency presented to the outpatient clinic between (January 2014 to October 2015), who proved by arterial duplex examination to have >50% stenosis or complete total occlusion (CTO) of the femoro-popliteal arterial segment affecting the middle or lower 1/3 of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and/or popliteal artery (PA). Results: 21 patients (15 males & 6 females) with serum creatinine levels of ≥ 1.5 mg/dL were selected. Ages ranged from 50 to 72 years (mean: 61 ± 3.5 years). Disabling claudication was the indication in 11 cases (52%) and critical ischemia in 10 (48%). Isolated popliteal artery lesions were found in 3 cases (14 %) and lesions involving the SFA alone were found in 6 cases (29 %), while significant lesions in both the SFA and PA were found in 12 cases (57%).The mean length of the lesions in this study was 14 ± 4 cm. Immediate technical success was confirmed by completion duplex scan and was documented in all cases. Procedure duration ranged from 45 to 130 minutes (median: 87 minutes). Placement of nitinol self-expandable stents was needed in 13 (62%) cases. The reason for stent placement included: arterial dissection in 9 cases (43%) and plaque recoil in 4 cases (19%). 10 cases needed a single stent while in 3 cases 2 stents were necessary. 11 stents were deployed in the SFA and the remaining 5 stents were in the above knee popliteal segment. For stenotic lesions, the mean peak systolic velocity (PSV) prior to treatment was 340 mm/s and was 120 mm/s after angioplasty with an average reduction of 64%. Mean PSV 2 weeks following duplex guided angioplasty (DGA) was 129 mm/s, showing a reduction of 62%. For all lesions, mean preoperative ABI was 0.64 and improved to 0.83 postoperatively. No distal emboli were detected on completion duplex scans. Three procedural complications were observed in the form of 2 groin hematomas and 1 vessel perforation which was detected by color flow imaging. Conclusion: Patients at risk of developing contrast induced nephropathy, or those with proven allergies to iodinated contrast media, duplex ultrasound guided PTA presents a fairly safe and performable alternative to conventional PTA. Key Words: Duplex guided angioplasty, Femoro-popliteal occlusive disease.