Percutaneous Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty of Lower-Extremity Arterial Disease in a Free-Standing Laboratory: Clinical Experience with 100 Cases
AUTOR(ES)
Thomas, Harry M.
RESUMO
From September 1987 through May 1988, 86 patients (62 men and 24 women) underwent percutaneous laser-assisted balloon angioplasty, and 2 patients (1 man and 1 woman) underwent laser-assisted balloon angioplasty via cutdowns, in our free-standing catheterization laboratory. The patients' ages ranged from 36 to 81 years. One hundred limbs were treated; each had at least 1 total occlusion, and many had multiple significant occlusions (greater than 50%). Vascular access was attained via the common femoral artery in 62 limbs, via the popliteal artery in 34 limbs, and via a posterior tibial artery cutdown in 4 limbs.
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