Hany Balamoun FRCS MD , Karim G. Moustafa MD , Ahmed Abd Al Aziz MD and Mahmoud A. Ameen MD
Hany M.S. Mikhail MD, Abdrabou N. Mashhour MD
Ahmed Sayed1,2, Hussein Elwan1 , Walied Eldaly1 , Baker Ghonem1 , Morad Elkholy2 , Mohamed Ragab2 , Marwan Yousry1
Mohamed El-Maaddawy, Amr Abdulbaky, Usama Lotfi
Ayman M.A. Osman1 MD, MRCS (Eng), Ayman Salah Helmy1 MD, Hesham Abu Eisha1 MD, Wael L. Tobar1 MD, Abdel Kareem M. Abdel Kareem1 MB;BCh.
Amr Abdulbaky, Ahmed Elmahrouky, Hossam Anas, Hasan Soliman
Mahmoud Saber *, Wessam Wahdan**
Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS1 , Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS1 , Bahaa Meleka MD2
Ahmed Farghaly, Ahmed Marakby, Fouad Saad Eldin.
Dina Hany1,*, MD, Wafi Fouad2,*, MD, and Ramy Mikhael Nageeb1,*, MD
Tarek Ftohy Abdelrahman1 , Ahmed Gaber Hassanein1 , Mohammed Hasan Osman 2
Rasha Abdelkader, Sameh Nomani
Ahmed Nabil 1 and Rasha Abdelkader2
Fady Magdy Yacoub, MD, Khaled Sadek, MD, MRCS
Percutaneous Transluminal Balloon Angioplasty: A disparaged Revascularization Tool for Limb Salvage in Patients with Total Popliteal Artery Occlusions
Background: Endovascular management of popliteal artery (PA) occlusive disease constitutes a territory
of true challenge. PA comprises a milieu that have higher likelihood of de novo disease, challenging
lesions, and amplified response to injury with overall implication on difficult recanalization, limited room
for stenting and higher restenosis rate. Aim of study: To evaluate the outcome of percutaneous
transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in recanalization of PA total occlusive lesions, its feasibility, safety,
patency and complications. Patient and Method: Between October 2012 through December 2014, 21
patients with severe ischemia due to PA occlusive disease were included in this study. Rutherford ischemia
class 4 was the main presentation in eight (38%) cases. Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) was the main comorbidity in 20 (95%) cases. Distal reconstitution of one tibial vessel was present in 10 (47.6%) cases.
Patients were followed up both clinically and by duplex ultrasound at one, six, and12 months. Results: The
procedure was technically successful in 19 patients who had immediate angiographic success with
restoration of distal pulsations in 13 patients. Failure to cross the lesion occurred in two cases. One patient
had groin hematoma that required open surgical control and repair. Primary patency rates were 72.3%,
35.3%, and 21.4%, while limb salvage rates were 85.7% ,80.9% , and 66.7% at 1,6, and 12 months
respectively. Conclusion: Although technically demanding, PTA can be considered as a feasible and safe
option for revascularization of total occlusive lesions of the PA. The relatively mid-term low patency rates
should not preclude the advantage of buying time for achieving limb salvage in poor s