Covered stent grafts for relining of chronically occluded femoro-popliteal bypasses in frail patients

Abstract

In four high-risk patients with chronically occluded femoro-popliteal bypass suffering from Rutherford 4-5 chronic limb threatening ischemia we performed, as an alternative for redo surgery, endovasculair relining with covered stent grafts. During follow-up (3, 8, 14 and 20 months) one patient had redo percutaneous intervention and eventually below-the-knee amputation.

Keywords: critical limb ischemia; endovascular intervention; stent graft; vascular surgery.