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Treatment of Popliteal Aneurysms With the Hemobahn Stent-Graft

Peter G. Kalman, MD

Division of Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

The authors report a prospective study that determines the results of the use of a self-expanding stent-graft to treat 23 popliteal aneurysms in 21 patients over a 3-year period. Occlusion of the stent-graft and limb loss were outcome measures. Duplex scanning, ankle-brachial index measurements, and radiographic examination of the knee were used during follow-up evaluation. The procedure to place the stent-graft and exclude the aneurysm was technically successful in all patients. The cumulative patency over 15 months of follow-up was 74% as 5 of the 23 stent-grafts occluded within six months after the intervention. Of these, two were successfully recanalized and none of the five patients required amputation. The authors conclude that endovascular stent-graft repair of popliteal artery aneurysms is feasible; however, traditional surgical repair has a better midterm patency rate.

Key Words: self-expanding stent-graft • popliteal aneurysms • endovascular repair

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Vol. 16, No. 2, 150-151 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/153100350401600220


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