Relationship Between Primary Patency and Lesion Length Following Bare Nitinol Stent Placement for Femoropopliteal Disease

Conclusion: The 1-year primary patency of femoropopliteal lesions treated with bare nitinol stents decreased linearly with longer lesion length. The maximum lesion length providing a higher patency rate than the OPG of 66% was ~25 cm.

Source: Journal of Endovascular Therapy - November 19, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Soga, Y., Takahara, M., Iida, O., Suzuki, K., Hirano, K., Kawasaki, D., Shintani, Y., Yamaoka, T., Ando, K. Tags: Lower Limb Interventions Source Type: research