Percutaneous transmural arterial bypass, or PTAB, creates a bypass around ... from healthy femoral artery in the groin into the adjacent femoral vein and then re-enters into healthy popliteal artery ...

The rarity of PAES makes it hard to diagnose, Gallagher said. It can be misdiagnosed as chronic compartment syndrome or other ...

A multinational study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine has found that the risks of major complications after stenting or bypass surgery are similar, even several years out. The risk of ...

The next day, the vascular surgeons performed a lysis of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle and resection of the damaged portion of the popliteal artery with bypass reconstruction using a ...

What is femoral popliteal bypass surgery and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoral arteries? Femoral popliteal bypass surgery is used to treat a blocked femoral artery. The ...

Lyden, MD (Cleveland Clinic, OH), noted that while bypass works well ... to have < 50% stenosis in a popliteal artery distal to the landing zone with at least one patent tibial artery extending to the ...

There are two different surgeries to unblock the femoral artery, femoral popliteal bypass and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoral arteries. Claudication can be a symptom of ...

Pseudoaneurysms or false aneurysms of the popliteal artery are uncommon arterial disorders. These disorders most commonly result from trauma and iatrogenic lesions following orthopedic procedures. The ...

The femoral vein, a blood vessel located deep inside each of the thighs, is prone to blood clots. Known as femoral vein thrombosis, a blood clot in the femoral vein or its branches can have ...

The popliteal lymph nodes lie in the tissues behind a person’s knee. Many conditions can cause them to swell, such as infections and autoimmune conditions. It is rare for cancer to affect the ...

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