Superficial femoral artery autograft reconstruction for complicated popliteal artery entrapment syndrome

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2009 Apr-May;43(2):165-9. doi: 10.1177/1538574408326584. Epub 2008 Nov 24.

Abstract

We present an alternative surgical approach to popliteal artery entrapment syndrome with vascular complications in the absence of a suitable saphenous vein. Three patients (29, 35, and 78 years old) with thrombotic and/or aneurysmal lesions of the popliteal artery from popliteal artery entrapment syndrome were treated with superficial femoral artery autograft reconstruction. The procedure was performed through a medial approach. The superficial femoral artery was harvested in the upper third of the thigh and used as the conduit for reconstruction and the harvested segment was replaced by a polytetrafluoroethylene graft. At follow-up, patients were asymptomatic and duplex ultrasound revealed patent reconstruction with no morphological abnormalities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / pathology
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / physiopathology
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Femoral Artery / transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Intermittent Claudication / etiology
  • Intermittent Claudication / surgery
  • Male
  • Popliteal Artery / pathology
  • Popliteal Artery / physiopathology
  • Popliteal Artery / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
  • Vascular Patency